Dimmesdale's week, however, there is much to elaborate on about his weak character. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale is a weak individual. Dimmesdale expresses how he is selfish, co-dependent, and a coward. Throughout the course of the novel Dimmesdale conveys his struggles and emotions, portraying Dimmesdale as a weak individual. Arthur Dimmesdale demonstrates varies emotions and symbols throughout the novel, but the character himself is selfish. His emotions toward the community
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In the Scarlet Letter, Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth are forgiven because Pearl which is conscience fulfills her role and Chillingworth giving Pearl everything he had, which represented a symbol where he payed his debt to conscience. Hester and Dimmesdale are forgiven because when Pearl kissed Dimmesdale she was done being is conscience to both of them. When Pearl kissed Dimmesdale on the lips she had forgiven him because he finally admitted what he did. “The spell was broken. The great
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Arthur Dimmesdale have a child together. In the Puritan society if you have a child with someone and you are not married to that person it is a horrible thing to do. In the Puritans way of life, everything is about religion and God. If you are born a Puritan you are automatically a sinner and you are going to hell. Unless you are a select few. Still mostly everyone in the Puritan community is trying to get forgiveness from god. So that is what we are addressing with Hester and Dimmesdale. Where them
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Chillingworth prevents Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale from escaping together. Chillingworth prevents Dimmesdale from getting away without public shame. If Mr. Dimmesdale could just leave, he never would have to truly confront the full extent of his sin, not just the adultery, but also his failure to take responsibility for his actions. Chillingworth now despises Hester, despite any early idea of returning to her in marriage. It may be more accurate, however, to call this hate a form of self-loathing.
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a hypocrite. Imagine being the parent that gave birth to a “demon.” Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts these situations in The Scarlett Letter. He utilizes Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne, to demonstrate how owning one’s sin can positively impact one physically or mentally. Dimmesdale commits a sin by impregnating Hester. Unlike Hester, Dimmesdale never openly admits to his mistake. He copes with the guilt of sin aggressively, striking and whipping himself. Hester, on the other hand, handles the situation
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because he becomes obsessed with the idea of getting back at Dimmesdale that he does not care if he hurts or even kills him. The sin that Hester and Dimmesdale committed betrayed Roger in the worst way possible. Roger begins to want to betray them the way he was. The search for revenge begins with Roger wanting to feel complete with himself and not allow Hester and Dimmesdale to feel content with each other. Roger’s search for revenge on Dimmesdale for the amount of betrayal he felt by the sin caused him
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The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale grows weaker, whilst dealing with the insufferable guilt brought on by his adulterous temptations. Dimmesdale’s sinful counterpart, Hester Prynne, faces her shame externally, while the reverend suffers from the inside. Dimmesdale, hypocritically, would rather be highly regarded by his peers than being truthful to himself, and in turn, God who would easily be able to see the transparent acts of hypocrisy that Dimmesdale tries to fool himself with by subconsciously
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able to atone for her mistake. Whereas the men of her life, Roger her husband, and minister Dimmesdale, her child’s father became distraught by their actions. Minister Dimmesdale begin to grow weak and exhibited abnormal behavior, due to the lies and secrets that reside within him; whereas, Roger Chillingworth anger lead him to aggression and revenge, which cause self-inflected wounds. Minister Dimmesdale, a clergyman of the puritan faith and “[…] fellow sinner and fellow sufferer” whose actions
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for lying about his identity and mentally torturing his patient, Arthur Dimmesdale. However, one would be surprised to find that the worst sinner in this novel was one of the most pious men in the community. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was the most sinful in this novel, because he committed adultery with Hester, lived a hypocritical life, and doubted God's ability
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tries to ruminate on Dimmesdale when he realizes his wife Hester Prynne commits adultery with Dimmesdale and has an illegitimate daughter, Pearl. When Chillingworth comes back to the Puritan town in Boston, he looks like a man “well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholarlike visage, with eyes dim and bleared… with left shoulder a trifle higher than the right” (Hawthorne 56) Chillingworth's adverse physiognomy makes him becomes
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