for her guilt‚ Dimmesdale also suffers on his own. His sin was not adultery‚ but that he was not brave enough to confess that he had adulterated. It is hard for Dimmesdale to confess‚ however‚ being a minister; he keeps quiet to continue “working for God.” However‚ Pearl was not only Hester’s consequence and responsibility but also Dimmesdale’s. Pearl shouts out to him‚ “Thou was not bold!- thou wast not true! … Thou woudst not promise to take my hand‚ and my mother’s…” when Dimmesdale does not stand
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This idea of Dimmesdale being the child’s father and is eating away at Chillingworth making him seem more distraught and evil than before. As the townspeople find the knowledge that Dimmesdale is progressively getting worse‚ they start to doubt Chillingworth and his ability to get Dimmesdale back to good health.”Yea‚ woman‚ thou sayest truly!” cried old Roger Chillingworth‚ letting the Lurid fire of his
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throughout the novel. Some example of Hawthorne’s elements are diction‚ syntax‚ tone‚ examples‚ analogy‚ and/or contrast. Hester Pryne is the main character of the Scarlett Letter‚ she’s the woman who has an affair with Dimmesdale and has a baby girl‚ Pearl. Dimmesdale is the pastor of the community and keeps the affair a secret‚ which would eventually cause him to have a heart attack‚ which in turn ends his life. Hester has been alienated from the community because of her affair. Hester
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their humanness‚ that which separates them from the divine and from other creatures. Once expelled from the Garden of Eden‚ they are forced to toil and to procreatetwo "labors" that seem to define the human condition. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because‚ in both cases‚ sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledgespecifically‚ in knowledge of what it means to be human. For Hester‚ the scarlet letter functions as "her passport
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where she was at a point of such horrendous turmoil. He demands that she cannot reveal his identity‚ yet he also wishes to know the identity of her lover‚ the father of the child. She refuses to tell him. Later in the novel‚ we discover that Arthur Dimmesdale is the confidential lover. Hester is released from her cell‚ after which she resides for the next few years in a hut by the sea. Her child‚ Pearl‚ is a devilish‚ impish‚ child‚ that is indifferent to the strict Puritan society. Pearl is a pain to
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Although Dimmesdale acts as an antithesis to how Hawthorne believes one should react to sin‚ his downfall nevertheless illustrates the ideals set forth. Upon discussing men who died without admitting their sins with the sinister Roger Chillingworth‚ Dimmesdale makes a claim that‚ “So‚ to their own unutterable torment‚ they go about among their fellow-creatures‚ looking pure as new-fallen
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punishment for sins happens. It also happens to be the place where Hawthorne shows the growth of each character. During each of the scaffold senses these four characters can be seen.At the beginning of the book we see Hester standing with Pearl with Dimmesdale above her asking‚ more like demanding answers and Chillingworth in the audience. Hester is full of shame for what she has done an example is she attempts to hide the letter with pearl‚but she cannot hide one object of shame with another.
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important do you think this vow of his will be in the rest of the novel? 7. In what way‚ according to the Reverend Dimmesdale. can Hester help her unknown lover atone for his sin? 8. How does the Reverend Wilson interpret the baby’s response to Dimmesdale’s entreaty? What significance do you think the baby’s response may have? 9. The Reverend Dimmesdale awaited the result of his appeal to Hester to reveal her lover’s name leaning over the balcony‚ with his hand over his
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friendship with Dimmesdale‚ he comes to Dimmesdale who is asleep on a chair. He uncovers Dimmesdale’s chest and is greatly surprised and delighted at what he discovers. It has been told that a scarlet letter “A” has erupted over the minister’s heart that started as a rash. Certain that he has found Hester’s lover‚ Chillingworth is very emotional. His thoughts are back and forth about exposing Dimmesdale but he also doesn’t want to be shamed because Hester is his wife. Dimmesdale doesn’t think anything
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town revolved around punishment. In this novel “The Scarlet Letter”‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbols of Dimmesdale‚ Pearl and Hester’s Cabin all contribute to the overall theme of good and evil. First‚ Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale as a symbol to contribute to the overall theme of good and evil. Hawthorne explains “May God forgive thee… Thou too hast sinned.” (Hawthorne 228.) Dimmesdale says this quote to the crowd after announcing his secret sin of being Pearl’s father. He furthermore announces
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