significant moment of clarity came when Pearl finally gave Arthur Dimmesdale the affection he yearned for. Pearl‚ angry at the minister’s unwillingness to acknowledge her‚ chose to withhold her love from him. What young Pearl did not realize is that Arthur would sacrifice his reputation and life for her kiss. On the scaffold‚ in front of the entire town‚ the respected minister announced to everyone who worshiped him that he was a sinner. The Dimmesdale‚ greatly exhausted by the explosion of honestly that he
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she really is‚ and how she is accepted by nature. In the beginning of this passage‚ Pearl and Hester are walking in the forest because Hester wants to reveal Chillingworth’s true identity to Dimmesdale and she knows she will catch him in the forest‚ away from society. Hester chooses to speak with Dimmesdale in the forest‚ not only because is away from the townspeople‚ but also because she didn’t have to be known as the wearer of the scarlet letter; she was Hester Prynne‚ mother of Pearl Prynne.
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yourself to be good‚ and by fixing yourself you express your own ideas about its necessity. This quote is applicable to the characters in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The three primary characters of this novel‚ Hester‚ Chillingworth and Dimmesdale exhibited the qualities or lacked the qualities of this quote’s ideology as a result of their actions as a function of the outcome. Hester was forced into societal atonement as a result of her “lustful ways.” She was put upon the scaffold in front
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are both trying to seek revenge on someone or something that had previously wronged them. Chillingworth’s wife‚ Hester Prynne‚ commits adultery with a man named Arthur Dimmesdale‚ who impregnates her. Although Chillingworth does no physical harm to Dimmesdale‚ he just makes his life miserable and unbearable. He tries to make Dimmesdale realize his unforgivable sin. Ahab is similar to this because he is trying to pursue revenge on a whale named‚ Moby Dick. The great white whale causes Ahab to lose his
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may also represent the outcome of punishment from unconfessed sin. Reverend Dimmesdale lives in a prison of guilt and remorse because he does not have the courage to confess his sin to the people. This imprisonment of unconfessed sin deteriorates his health and peace with God. Chillingworth‚ Hester’s husband‚ also imprisons himself by his vengeance on little Pearl’s father. He is enslaved to torture and torment Dimmesdale. Throughout the novel the reader can see that his intent of revenge changes
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St. Augustine‚ regarding immorality. This is discovered to be very true by the main characters in The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story of a woman (Hester) who lives with the Puritans and commits adultery with the local minister (Dimmesdale). In his novel‚ Hawthorne shows that sin‚ known or unknown to the community‚ isolates a person from their community and from God. He shows us this by symbols in nature around the town‚ natural symbols in the heavens‚ and nature in the forest
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Thesis: Pearl contributes to the theme of civil law vs natural law because she is an unruly‚ true child of the forest‚ and her character uses childish whims in order to portray the ideals of natural law‚ which in The Scarlet letter‚ the author Hawthorne depicts as a forgiving and unruly force. In the exposition of the novel‚ Pearl is characterized as a stereotypical lawless child‚ which mimics the laws of nature as a wild and honest being. In many cases‚ her behaviors caused her to be seen as
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“A‚” signifies that Hester is an “adulterer.” As a young woman‚ Hester married an elderly scholar‚ Chillingworth‚ who sent her ahead to America to live but never followed her. While waiting for him‚ she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale‚ after which she gave birth to Pearl. Hester is passionate but also strong—she endures years of shame and scorn. She equals both her husband and her lover in her intelligence and thoughtfulness. Her alienation puts her in the position to make acute
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Pearl‚ the living embodiment of the scarlet letter‚ represents he symbol of sin in the novel. Not only is this but‚ the child is a passage of time for Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl indicating that the truth cannot be perceived outside its temporal context. Sin affecting Pearl’s overall life; it is not until the death of her father’s that‚ “A spell was broken‚” (Hawthorne 234) this “spell” calling for grief to make her
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Hawthorne’s novel‚ as Crews asserts‚ society lies at the root of these emotions‚ and ultimately‚ the problems the characters face. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ the strong emotions of characters become their own worst enemies. Crews writes‚ “Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth have been ruled by feelings only half-perceived‚ much less understood and regulated by consciousness” (Crews 24). The binding nature of these emotions presents itself throughout the novel: in Hester and Dimmesdale’s guilt‚ and
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