Hawthorne‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is a young man who achieved fame in England as a theologian and then immigrated to America. In a moment of weakness‚ he and Hester Prynne‚ a young‚ beautiful‚ married woman whose husband is away in Europe‚ become lovers. Although he will not confess it publicly‚ Dimmesdale is the father of her child; also‚ he deals with the guilt by tormenting himself physically and psychologically‚ developing a heart condition in the process. Dimmesdale is an intelligent and emotional
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over his heart to shield the invisible wound from the eyes of passersby. His agony is one that is beyond description‚ a deleterious pain experienced by the soul rather than the physical body. Such torment is that which Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ endures as a result of his irreparable sin of adultery. Within his novel‚ Hawthorne places an emphasis on the psychological and emotional effects
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the background and personalities of the characters through Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. These two characters show us the evil in the novel‚ the unfolding sin‚ and add a special romance to the novel Arthur Dimmesdale is the preacher in the Puritan settlement. He becomes involved with Hester Pyrnne‚ the wife of Roger Chillingworth. Pearl‚ Hester’s daughter comes to her from Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester is forced to stand on the scaffold in front of the community to confess whom she
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In the first scaffold scene Dimmesdale is aware of his guilt and hypocrisy when he questions Hester but is too cowardly to confess his sin. Hester‚ while holding her child‚ stands in front of the public on the scaffold enduring humiliation and trial from the authorities of the town‚ in which they insist upon her to reveal the child’s father. Even Dimmesdale‚ as one of the authorities‚ says to her‚ “what can thy silence do for him‚ except… to add hypocrisy to sin?” However‚ she is unwilling to
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Character Analysis of Dimmesdale in the Scarlet Letter The character this paper is analyzing is reverend Dimmesdale‚ because through out the story reverend Dimmesdale made some dramatic changes in his life. In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Dimmesdale was a quiet but great man‚ adored by others and worshiped by many. Toward the middle and the end of the story Reverend Dimmesdale changed as each chapter went on. Reverend Dimmesdale was killing slowly by keeping something within him that make
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Diction of The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne presents the reader with the harsh‚ life changing conflicts of three Puritan characters during the 17th century. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Robert Chillingworth must endure their different‚ yet surprisingly similar struggles as the novel progresses. Despite their similarities‚ Hawthorne shows these individuals deal with their conflicts differently‚ and in the end‚ only one prevails. Nathaniel
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On numerous occasions you can see the impact that Dimmesdale endures because of holding this sin inside. Unlike Hester‚ Dimmesdale has to keep this sin locked inside of his heart and mind and the guilt begins to eat away at him. Throughout the book you can see how much Dimmesdale starts to worry and fret about it and the remorse he feels consumes his life. Dimmesdale for the first time finally confesses his true feelings to Hester. He even feels the guilt of the sin weighing down on him because
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‘Neutral Tones’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Absence’ by Elizabeth Jennings. In both poems Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Jennings they have lost a person they were close to. There are some similarities in their feeling but there responses are different. Neither poets can forget the experience and are reminiscing on the situation. They are both going back to the place where they were with the people they loved. However in ‘Absence’ she has actually gone to the place they were together and in ‘Neutral Tones’ he
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Tone is the attitude a writer has about a topic. For example‚ a tone might be serious‚ sarcastic‚ respectful‚ or unsympathetic. A writer establishes tone through choice of words and details. Directions: Zora Neale Hurston creates a strong tone when she writes about race in this essay. In the second column of the chart‚ list key word choices and details from the essay that reflect her attitude for each topic. Describe her tone in the third column. Then answer the question that follows. Topic
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Arthur Dimmesdale Modern Day David Arthur Dimmesdale is a great man and also a priest‚ but later on in his life when he met Hester it seemed like everything turned to sin. Arthur was a very strong and knowledgeable man. He stood strong in the values he preached and also in the words he said. In the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne sin was entered by a man and a woman. It wasn’t planned to happen the way it did but when Arthur and Hester met it was instant love. This was shocking
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