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    cheat‚ to look into an eye that recognizes me for what I am!’” (148) Hester and Dimmesdale meet at the forest and have a conversation. Dimmesdale has been lying to the church officials and to the townspeople for the sin he has committed for seven years. To the townspeople‚ he is a respectable minister loved by everyone‚ but in reality‚ he is a sinner. Provided that‚ Dimmesdale feels relief speaking to Hester. “’We are not‚ Hester‚ the worst sinners in the world. There is one worse than even the polluted

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    outwards relates to the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. For example‚ through the towns people considered Hester a sinner however she is a good person inside by helping the poor and such. Dimmesdale was the minister of the town‚ and everyone thinks he would do no sin but in fact he is Pearl’s father. Chillingworth worth gave the idea that he was a physician but he was there in the town to seek revenge on Hester. For instance‚ Hester Prynne is consider a sinner in

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    sins. How people react to the consequences of those sins differs. Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale have to deal with the scrutiny and criticism from the community and themselves after committing the sin of adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows how differently they are shunned. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the contrasting characters Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to develop both sides of public vs private sin to show how different people deal with guilt and how it’s

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    Hester was an interesting character in the Scarlet letter. She soon meets a man named Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is also an interesting man. Some things differ with the two. They are alike and different in many ways. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale shared similarities and differences. Hester and Dimmesdale are alike in many ways. These two are two of the main characters in the scarlet letter. Hester and Dimmesdale both act like cowards; they seem to both be punished by someone

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    self evaluation. Even though Hester Prynne‚ a honest adulterer‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a untruthful priest‚ are first to sin it is still viewed that Robert Chillingworth‚ an abandoned husband seeking revenge‚ has “violated the sanctity of human heart” (Hawthorne 234). To compare the sin that was brought on by choice and sin initiated by another should not be evaluated.There is no argument that Chillingworth’s revenge on Dimmesdale is evil‚ he plotted against Dimmesdale soon as he confirmed he was

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    “Yet one tombstone served for both.” This line in the novel acts as closure to Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale as well as the readers. Throughout the entirety of the novel Hester and Pearl live together alone‚ away from the rest of the town‚ including Arthur Dimmesdale. They live alone due to actions of Hester that result in the birth of Pearl. An adulterous woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ must now walk around town and face all of the townspeople with a scarlet letter ‘A’ on her bosom. She faces daily

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    A Comparison and Contrast In Both A’s Worn By Hester and Dimmesdale The two A’s worn in the novel by both Hester and Dimmesdale are dramatically different‚ yet they are born and made by the same identical sins. These letters are also differentiated by the infinitely changing emotional state and physical well being of the character‚ the towns views of morality and natural order‚ and the affecting environment. The two sins of most importance in the novel and that serve the greatest beneficiality

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    Weaknesses are a part of everyone’s life. Its how you let that weaknesses affect you that makes you a strong or weak person. In the Scarlet Letter Hawthorne 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

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    are assigned letters. Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale are examples of taking two different approaches to a similar problem. Hester faced her challenge and used it as a chance to change‚ while Mr. Dimmesdale let himself be tortured by it. They both went different ways‚ and they both had very different outcomes. Hester lived a better life and fulfilled many more things than Mr. Dimmesdale did. He hid and tortured himself at night overall destroying himself. Hester and Mr. Dimmesdale have received letters

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    Religion and philosophy affected daily life in both India and China. India has been an important part of three major world religions‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Islam. A article‚ diagram‚ and a video will help us figure out the main question. How did religion and philosophy affect daily life in both India and China. This article talks about Ancient India religions. Specifically Buddhism and Hinduism. In the article it clearly stated‚”Hinduism is a polytheistic religion (Hindus believe in many gods)

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