significant moment of clarity came when Pearl finally gave Arthur Dimmesdale the affection he yearned for. Pearl‚ angry at the minister’s unwillingness to acknowledge her‚ chose to withhold her love from him. What young Pearl did not realize is that Arthur would sacrifice his reputation and life for her kiss. On the scaffold‚ in front of the entire town‚ the respected minister announced to everyone who worshiped him that he was a sinner. The Dimmesdale‚ greatly exhausted by the explosion of honestly that he
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Sadomasochists Will Not Be Satisfied With The Scarlet Letter “Thou shalt not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor‚ both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10). Puritans carried this Biblical credence to the very letter. Puritans were all about order in their society‚ achieved through strict laws and rules. The love between a married couple equated moral and religious duties (eHow)‚ and so when adultery was
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Chillingworth and makes Hester promise not to tell anyone who he is as he tries to hunt down her lover. As the story progresses‚ the reader and Chillingworth discover the identity of Hester’s beloved as the minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. As Chillingworth begins to psychologically torment Dimmesdale‚ He progressively becomes more ugly‚ evil‚ and twisted. In his novel‚ _The Scarlet Letter_‚ Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the scarlet letter to convey that within each person exists the capacity for both good and
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“A‚” signifies that Hester is an “adulterer.” As a young woman‚ Hester married an elderly scholar‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him‚ she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale‚ after which she gave birth to Pearl. Hester is passionate but also strong—she endures years of shame and scorn. She equals both her husband and her lover in her intelligence and thoughtfulness. Her alienation puts her in the position to make acute
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Pearl‚ the living embodiment of the scarlet letter‚ represents he symbol of sin in the novel. Not only is this but‚ the child is a passage of time for Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl indicating that the truth cannot be perceived outside its temporal context. Sin affecting Pearl’s overall life; it is not until the death of her father’s that‚ “A spell was broken‚” (Hawthorne 234) this “spell” calling for grief to make her
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philosophical reflection on sin and redemption. Adulteress Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A to mark her shame‚ and while her lover‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ remains unidentified and is wracked with guilt‚ her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ seeks revenge. Although all three characters contemplate redemption‚ it is only Hester that chooses to confront her sin; Dimmesdale and Chillingworth refuse. This decision is heavily influenced by their respective morals. Hester’s morals of truth‚ forgiveness‚ and honesty
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tried to savor every moment with him‚ but under such restrictions of puritan society‚ it was nearly impossible. She did know however that death was inevitable from day one‚ and that leaving the village would only ruin the time she had left with Dimmesdale. "But there is a fatality‚ a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom‚ which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt‚ ghostlike‚ the spot where some great and marked event has given the color
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The procession is a huge ordeal for the citizens of the Puritan town‚ passing through the busy marketplace “on its way towards the meeting house; where [...] the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale was to deliver an Election Sermon” (194). The procession includes musicians that “played with no great skill” (194) but were still able to harmonize together‚ along with a body of soldiery that “still sustains a corporate existence‚ and marches down from past ages with an ancient and honorable fame” (194). Enormous
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affair with a secret lover‚ and a child was born. The colony realized what she had done and immediately convicted her of adultery and punished her by requiring her to wear an embroidered A on her clothes. Ironically‚ one of her punishers was Arthur Dimmesdale‚ with whom she had the affair. Hester had to face the community’s judgement every day and she developed a demeanor to help her get through. However‚ her new attitude eventually affects her true personality both positively and negatively. Hester
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with her choices‚ whether they were good or bad‚ and also as the protagonist. He also presents the daughter of Hester‚ Pearl‚ as an intelligent female‚ especially for her age. He goes on to prove man as imperfect through both the characters of Dimmesdale and of Chillingworth. With the situation that all the characters face‚ Hawthorne establishes the female as the triumphant one‚ accomplishing something that‚ during Nathaniel Hawthorne’s time‚ authors did not attempt. In the beginning of the book
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