The one character‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ seems as if he is kind‚ but he has been living with a terrible burden‚ hindering him everywhere he goes. Chillingworth is his opposite‚ you would assume him to be nice when really he is quite evil. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth bring out each other’s characteristics and bring out the characteristics of other characters around them. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth but heads in every aspect of their lives especially when it comes to Hester‚ who just so happens to be
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter he follows Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale through their journey of discovering the truth and realizing what perfection truly is. Hester and Dimmesdale are sworn to secrecy by one another when we are first introduced to them in The Scarlet Letter. Each of these characters are ashamed of their sin‚ adultery‚ and are trying their best to protect themselves and their reputation by keeping it a secret. Hester Prynne is seen to be evil in her town‚ and she must
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did people sometimes gather in front of the prison door? 3. Who seems especially interested in the punishment that is about to take place? 4. Pay attention to conversation among the women. What is their attitude toward Hester? Are they unanimous? 5. Note the description Of Hester‚ the novel’s heroine. What seem to be her outstanding characteristics?
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Many characters go through transformations in The Scarlet Letter‚ and one of those characters is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of a puritan society‚ and it is the laws of that society‚ both written and unwritten‚ that Dimmesdale breaks and which causes the changes to occur. He commits the sin of adultery‚ and by sleeping with Hester Prynne‚ breaks the laws that he is supposed to represent. He cannot admit his sin because he is a holy man‚ and admitting his sin would
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The relationship between Pearl‚ Hester‚ and Mr. Dimmesdale is . It is a relationship shouldn’t have existed and the sin and pain of Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale is Pearl. This sin is what has brought them together; it is why there is a relationship between them. In the passage Hester went to find the governor to keep little Pearl next to her‚ she doesn’t want Pearl to been taken away from her. But when the Governor and Mr. Wilson asked Pearl who made her‚ Pearl’s attitude towards the Governor and Mr
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keep Hester Prynne’s adulteress lover Arthur Dimmesdale a secret because of their young daughter Pearl. Hester Prynne was married at the time Pearl was conceived‚ making the townspeople furious with her adultery. As her husband comes to town under an alias named physician Roger Chillingworth‚ he examines the Panic-stricken baby and bashes Hester for being deceitful. Moving to the outskirts of town and raising what many called a “devil baby” Pearl who brings both joy and reprimand to Hester. Soon
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Cooper Chisum Dimmesdale the Lying Coward In the book The Scarlet Letter‚ a character named Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was considered to be‚ by most people in the Puritan community‚ a hero. Dimmesdale was an extremely religious man with great morals and values. Many people in the community looked up to him for his passion and truth about his religious beliefs. Dimmesdale was a very reserved man‚ and was thought to be an angel of God. People worshiped him‚ believed what he said‚ and looked at
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portrays Dimmesdale as a weak person. Throughout the novel he shows his true character by the way he lets his weaknesses destroy him. He constantly worries about he secret getting out and punishes himself for what he has done. Dimmesdale has many weaknesses that all lead back to one main one‚ Hester. He is a priest and knows she is married but they still commit adultery. This leads to Hester’s pregnancy and the townspeople’s knowledge of her adultery. They don’t know however that Dimmesdale is the
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Hester Prynne’s Heroism Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter focuses on seven years in the lives of four people living in a puritan community in seventeenth century Boston. Hester Prynne‚ the wife of Roger Chillingworth‚ falls in love with the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale and the two have a child‚ Pearl. The novel explores the effects of adultery on these four characters. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ "It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes." A hero has the qualities of loyalty and
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would remind Hester of what happened in the past. The "brat" could have been given away to Governor Bellingham yet Hester proclaimed that Pearl "is my happiness!...Ye shall not take her! I will die first!" Not a person in Boston‚ nor Hester herself thought highly of the little child and Hester refused to let Pearl go. Hester carried the kid around only because it was a direct reflection of her sin and to cast away here sin as freely as that to give it away would be unjust and unfair to Hester and Pearl
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