reputation. Following this incident, Hester is forced to raise this child on her own and in complete isolation, refusing to reside with others. She does this as a way of punishing herself. When Pearl is threatened to be taken away from her, Arthur Dimmesdale prevents this from happening. Arthur coincidentally is laboring at the same time that Hester Prynne is, but from a heart illness. He is always grabbing his chest. Chillingworth, Hester’s
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Characterization in Three Selected Works: A Comparative Essay In most pieces of fictional narrative or poetry characters are what drive the story. Characters reveal information, act out scenes and compel readers to keep turning pages with their ability to make an impression on the reader. Whether this impression is positive or negative well written characters connect the reader with the story in a way that is immersive. This essay will offer comment on how individual characters are presented and
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world. Reverend Dimmesdale lives in constant fear of his letter being exposed for the entire world to see. Yet, Hester Prynne tries countless times to hide her letter from the world but cannot because her letter is pinned on the outside for the world to see and judge. In “The Scarlet Letter”, Hawthorne’s choice of characters and their sinful nature is a perfect example of human’s sinful nature and the ways we try to hide. Hawthorne chooses the character of Reverend Dimmesdale to represent the
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following paragraphs. The first difference appears when Arthur Dimmesdale confesses that he is the father of Pearl in front of the townspeople. In the novel, Dimmesdale does this on his Election Day sermon, where he suddenly asks Hester to stand next to him. He also shockingly reveals a red mark on his breast, which makes many people gasp because somehow it is similar with the scarlet letter worn by Hester. In the movie, however, Dimmesdale confesses his sin on a completely different occasion. His confession
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the young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, the two manage to stay together. Chillingworth has his suspicions about Dimmesdale’s health and the fact he may be hiding a secret, so he decided to move in with him to give him constant care. One afternoon, while the minister sleeps, Chillingworth discovers a mark on the man’s chest (the details kept from the reader) and inquires his suspicions were correct. Dimmesdale and Hester planned to run away to Europe, a plan that Dimmesdale had found out and booked
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She betrays her elderly husband, Roger Chillingworth, by loving another Puritan minister- Dimmesdale. Consequently, from these actions that took place Hester gave birth to a baby girl name Pearl, which is evidence of her committing the sin of adultery. Prynne had to be punished for this sin, because to the Puritans it was thought that it would
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Near the end of the novel, the couple meets discretely in the forest to converse with one another about their time apart and the events of their lives. When Hester inquires as to whether Dimmesdale has been able to “find peace,” he replies, “None—nothing but despair! What else could I look for, being what I am, and leading such a life as mine?” Due to his keeping secrets and living with guilt within him, he has been constantly unhappy throughout
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their sins instead of themselves. In the book Hawthorne reveals that Pearl’s true father is the minister Dimmesdale, while everyone else in town thinks it is Hester’s husband who is not in the town. The people in the town shame Hester for her sin and humiliate her in the streets - making her tell what the scarlet letter A represents on her chest. Hester is isolated because of her sin, Dimmesdale is isolated by hiding his sin, and Pearl as well has been isolated because of her parents’ sin. In the book
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a symbol of freedom for Hester and Dimmesdale. In the forest, they are finally able to talk and be free from their sin. Hawthorne employs a river as a barrier between the forest and the town. The river symbolizes rebirth and cleansing as Hester and Dimmesdale cross between the forest and the town. It also demonstrates the colossal differences between the restrictions of the Puritan life and the freedom of the forest. The appearance of the meteor when Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are standing together
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of the most analyzed and most elaborate literary works in American Literature for several reasons. Hawthorne’s purpose for chapters 9-12 was to emphasize the good, Dimmesdale, and the evil, Chillingworth, and how their relationship will later affect Hester and Pearl. As Hawthorne uses several rhetorical devices to demonstrate Dimmesdale and Chillingworth relationship, juxtaposition and contrast was incorporated several times. An example of juxtaposition was the relationship between public and private
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