against them. Whether those indiscretions be the sin of adultery or the act of revenge‚ each were equally as hard to forgive. Hester’s challenge was to forgive the townspeople. Reverend Dimmesdale needed to forgive Chillingworth. Chillingworth had to forgive Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl had to forgive Dimmesdale. Governor Bellingham had to forgive Hester. Not all of the characters could forgive the ones who wronged them. Each character took a different path when facing the burden of forgiveness.
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his guilt control his life. However‚ it is better that Dimmesdale doesn’t confess his sin because it leads to Dimmesdale having greater influence over the community‚ and it helps him understand who he is in the process. After his celestial sermons‚ the town begins to see Dimmesdale as a pure angel; this creates a positive impact on the society because with religion as their law‚ an angel could help the society
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Hester comes to the small town of Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ while her husband‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ settles business in Great Britain. Hester and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town ’s priest‚ engage in the act of adultery and produce a baby girl named Pearl; though‚ only Hester knows that Dimmesdale is the father. She makes a promise to Dimmesdale not to reveal his identity. Hester is put on display in front of the entire town to castigate her. So that she might serve as an example that it will deter
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town‚ where Hester and Dimmesdale lived in. In the town‚ people considered doctors as “leeches” and Chillingworth lived with Reverend Dimmesdale at another house to cure Dimmesdale’s deteriorating health. However‚ that wasn’t Chillingworth’s intention in the first place; he suspected Dimmesdale as the imposter. Like a parasite‚ Chillingworth settled into the house‚ and he tried to find out the hidden truth by delving into his room at night. Also‚ after finding out that Dimmesdale was the imposter‚ he
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contrast two different characters‚ Hester Prynne and Mr. Dimmesdale. Although both Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale drank from the same cup of sin‚ only one sinner has properly atoned for themselves. Hesters atonement is carried out daily in public‚ before God and the people‚ while Dimmesdales “ Atonement” is carried out occasionally in the privacy of his own home. Hester’s original sin is being seduced by Mr. Dimmesdale‚ and succumbing to the desire of the flesh. While still
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Parishioner Summary: This chapter mainly focuses on Hester and Dimmesdale communicating with eachother. They are able to escape the public eye by talking in the forest. This is when Hester breaks the news to Dimmesdale the Chillingworth is her husband. At first Dimmesdale is infuriated. He begins to blame Hester for all of his suffering. During the middle of his rant Hester pulls him into her chest and embraces him. After this Dimmesdale comes to his senses and begins to realize that Chillingworth
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revealed to be the minister‚ Arthur Dimmesdale. A theme Hawthorne uses in the story is public sin versus private sin and is given throughout the Hester and Dimmesdale have to face. Using that theme‚ Dimmesdale’s sin was harder for him to bear‚ because of how difficult he was on himself. When Hester goes on the scaffold she is covering for Dimmesdale because he’s a minister‚ but he might have wanted Hester to name him. When asking Hester on the scaffold Dimmesdale yells down “ then I charge you to
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Lydia Crouse Honors English 10 Mrs. Rollings 26 September 2011 Mysterious Death of Dimmesdale One could say that Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is poisoned‚ or that he merely died of guilty conscience. In the Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Reverend Dimmesdale commits adultery with Hester Prynne‚ and so she bears a child. Dimmesdale does not admit his sin to the people in the community. Keeping the sin a secret for as long as he does creates guilt and suffering which manifests in him until
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writes about a puritan utopian society in the new world based back in 1600s. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ also writes from an anti-transcendentalist point of view. In The Scarlet letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the scarlet letter‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger chillingworth to contribute to an overall theme of guilt. First Nathaniel hawthorne uses the scarlet letter explain an overall theme of guilt. Hester Prynne‚ a main character who is forced to wear the scarlet letter on her chest to
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together by their sins‚ living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hester Prynne begins by committing adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale shares this sin with her‚ but he continues to sin as the next seven years pass. Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester Prynne’s husband‚ turns himself into a living devil. While it is clear that Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit major sins‚ Roger Chillingworth’s iniquity tops anything either of them do. Hester Prynne’s only sin during her time
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