novel‚ The Scarlet Letter opens as the narrator states that Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale have committed adultery and that Hester has borne a child named Pearl. Hester is punished publicly for her sin of adultery by the placing of a scarlet letter on her breast and public humiliation‚ while Dimmesdale does not confess to the sin and is spared public scorning for it. Instead‚ Dimmesdale must seek inner redemption through physical beatings and praying‚ with little success. Hawthorne
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In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Dimmesdale confronts the conflict between passion and his responsibilities by taking out his emotions on himself so that he can keep his obligation to his congregation by being a pure priest. The conflict takes up a great magnitude of Dimmesdale’s energy and in the end instigates his demise. The conflict between passion and responsibility is not only evident in the Scarlet Letter‚ but throughout many noteworthy works of literature. Hawthorne shows this
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these actions contradicted his very own beliefs. The narrator comments‚ "He is a sinner..against his own vision of decent conduct" (Miller 20). Like John Proctor‚ Arthur Dimmesdale of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter is also respected by his peers and followers. He is decribed by the narrator like so‚ "Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale young clergyman‚ who had come from one of the great English universities‚ bringing all the learning of the age into our wild forest land. His eloquence and religious fervour
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Dimmesdale: Pains of Love‚ Spirit‚ and Violence How can one be assigned the title of suffering the most? This is a complicated question presented in the book‚ The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter is a book that revolves around a sinner named Hester Prynne‚ a minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a physician‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ and a little girl named Pearl. Hester and Dimmesdale are both who has committed adultery; however‚ the story starts with Hester being a woman who is branded
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suddenly he appeared in the town that Hester lives. Chillingworth later found out that his wife had committed adultery with Dimmesdale‚ a minister in the Puritan town‚ who is the father of Hester’s newborn child‚ Pearl. Chillingworth’s reaction to the news that his wife cheated on him and had a child is shocking. In the unfortunate development‚ the reader learns that Hester and Dimmesdale are the ones that make Chillingworth do the devil’s work. Chillingworth does devil’s work is evident from the inauguration
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staged in the seventeenth century. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who hides himself in the shame of his lover‚ Hester Prynne‚ protects his reputation among the Puritan people. The scaffold‚ a public symbol of disgrace‚ contrasts with the pastor’s silent sin of adultery. When Hester became a symbol of sin among the people and wore the scarlet letter as punishment‚ Dimmesdale bears a sinner’s masked mark in his heart. As a result of his concealed sin‚ Dimmesdale suffers from guilt and hypocrisy. Over the
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Hawthorne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale internal conflict is caused by his tendency to conform to the ways of the puritan church and actions of Hester. Arthur Dimmesdale continues to follow the strict rules and regulations of the Puritan church even after his great sin. Dimmesdale allowed himself to be pushed around by these rules and doesn’t do what he truly believes in. During this time the Puritans’ way of life was incredibly strict and restricting towards its citizens. Reverend Dimmesdale is “in no state
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Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale is a puritan minister who undergoes drastic changes physically and mentally because he would not confess to adultery. In this 17th century society‚ public acknowledgement of sin is necessary by law and religion. Due to Dimmesdale’s type of sin he finds it difficult to confess to the public; this may be because of his position as a minister and his fear of his communities consequences. From the 17th century to the 21st‚
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attitude of Dimmesdale is of passion and nobility. Hawthorne expressed his attitude through a multitude of devices such as diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery. His dictions for Dimmesdale is that of a man who does not care and just wanted to tell the truth. The syntax that Hawthorne applied is meant to undermined Dimmesdale with irony but at the same time‚ make Dimmesdale even nobler. Imageries were used as a series of Dimmesdale actions during the confession of the sin to portray Dimmesdale fervor.
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sins are worse than others.The Scarlet Letter shows Chillingworth’s sins throughout the book. One of Hawthorne’s intentions was having Chillingworth as the worst sinner‚ because he used his herbs to keep Dimmesdale alive-he prolonged Dimmesdale’s torture‚ he used “black medicine”‚ and when Dimmesdale stopped taking the herbs‚ he passed away. Roger Chillingworth came to town with the Indians‚ and Hawthorne described them as outcasts and dwellers of the forest. Roger had learned all his tricks and medicines
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