Joseph Gurke 10.17.2012 Ms. Boas P.1 The Scarlet Letter Light‚ Dark‚ Sunlight and Shadows Throughout his entire life‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne had lived in seclusion from people and society‚ isolating himself and his thoughts behind a mysterious shade. This may explain why the themes of sin‚ secrecy and guilt are used in Hawthorne’s fiction‚ exploring hidden human dimensions. The images of sin‚ secrecy‚ and guilt are constantly portrayed in Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ through the
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Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester is exiled from the community‚ living on the brink of wilderness‚ “outlawed from society‚ and so freed‚ in a sense‚ she…. [goes] beyond accepted Puritan attitudes toward society and theology” (Eisinger 325). No longer an active participant in society‚ living in nature with only her daughter‚ Hester is presented with a sense of freedom. She embraces that freedom and uses it to break down the walls of society that have governed her life. In a similar fashion‚ Dimmesdale is exposed
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determination that she will need to overcome the legacy of her creation. In this scene she also creates the need in Dimmesdale to absolve himself of his guilt. The second scaffold scene is the opportunity for Dimmesdale to attempt to release his guilt from the first scaffold. However‚ Pearl creates a need in Dimmesdale to repent in front of the town. During the third scaffold scene‚ Dimmesdale is able to release his guilt about his crime and his lack of strength. He is also able to complete his obligation
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The Scarlet Letter Response to Literature chapters 16-24 Several days later Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest and Pearl is now seven. Pearl continues to inquire persistently about Hester’s past‚ the scarlet letter and the minister. Hester sends Pearl off to play so that she can talk with the clergyman alone. Hester reveals Chillingsworth true inducements with the minister and Hester begs for forgiveness and is forgiven. The two also infer about leaving Boston and escaping on a boat to Europe
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Roger Chillingworth. The townspeople were very judgmental people with very little compassion. Pearl is the “sin child” who is the daughter of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne. Hester is the wife of Chillingworth‚ who has a child while he is gone‚ and later she wants to leave with Dimmesdale to live somewhere else‚ because she loves him. Dimmesdale is the great minister of Salem‚ Massachusetts and has committed a very large sin himself and has convicted other people of the same crime‚ making him
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face‚ which I would gladly have been spared the sight of. But still‚ methinks‚ it must needs be better for the sufferer to be free to show his pain‚ as this poor woman Hester is‚ than to cover it all up in his heart.” (118) This was said by Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the clergyman with the secret of a bastard child. He punishes himself daily for his sin‚ and takes no pleasure in the pain that the sin causes‚ his lover‚ Hester to feel. How can a man‚ who is that compassionate‚ be an evil sinner bound forever
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experience of Arthur Dimmesdale parallels that of the Bible’s story of King David and Bathsheba and demonstrates that sin is a natural‚ unavoidable part of human life‚ but having committed a sin without confession leads to a life of internal turmoil and guilt. Hawthorne pushes the parallel between Dimmesdale’s experience and the scriptural story of David and Bathsheba with the description of the tapestries decorating Dimmesdale’s study (112). In doing so‚ he gives Dimmesdale a larger-than-life role
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characters develop unique personalities and character traits. Hester‚ the mother of Pearl‚ is kindhearted and comes to realize her own worth. Chillingworth is evil and selfish. He looks for the flaws in others and uses those weaknesses to hurt them. Dimmesdale is timid and cowardly. While he means well‚ he does more harm than good and leaves Hester to clean up his mess. Pearl is the most insightful‚ she thinks things through and uses her perceptfulness to help others realize their mistakes and recognize
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Likewise‚ Chillingworth was an aged‚ old man in the mini-series. Hawthorne used the physical characteristics of Hester and Chillingworth to foreshadow their personalities. Chillingsworth lived up to his name and appearance by seeking revenge on Dimmesdale. He proved to be a cold‚ old man. Hester‚ on the other hand‚ used her beauty to find favor with the magistrates. . The magistrates took pity on Hester because of her beauty. Instead of death‚ the court issued her a lighter punishment‚ the scarlet
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Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter‚ two crucial themes of sin and what it can do to people and the different degrees of evil directly relate to today’s society and modern ideas. As it is known‚ Hester committed a sin in the novel with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale that the Puritans in her society thought to be one of the worst that could ever be committed: adultery. They conceived a child together‚ their daughter Pearl‚ which is a sin that takes a toll on both characters in many different ways. Beginning
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