Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale wage a constant mental and physical battle throughout the Scarlet Letter. Chillingworth, a man of noble purpose and strong dispositions, falls further and further into his obsession of revenge. While at the same time, Dimmesdale, a respected reverend, suffers mentally and physically from his affair with Hester Prynne. As we progress through the novel, a question materializes: who deserves the blame for Hester Prynne’s affair, Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, or Hester Prynne
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Letter In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, A young woman named Hester Prynne in Boston is prosecuted for adultery. To symbolize her crime, she has an “A” imprinted on her bosom. As a result of her committing adultery, she and Reverend Dimmesdale (his identity is not identified until later in the book) have a child. She is a very curious child, and her name is Pearl. Roger Chillingworth, comes to see Hester on the scaffold and he doesn’t want his identity revealed either but it does get
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The novel, The Scarlet Letter is a novel that contains a lot of rhetorical devices. It contains metaphors, allusions, rhetorical questions, parallel structure, alliteration, etc. In chapter 11, Dimmesdale is having so much conflict with him hiding the sin that he had committed and the guilt is eating him inside. In this chapter the writer uses Parallel structure, Hyperboles, metaphors, and similes. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne used some rhetorical questions,hyperbole, personification, and
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theory on why Dimmesdale goes against the high court and defends Hester Prynne. Hawthorn uses other characters, especially Roger Chillingworth to develop Dimmesdale’s personality. In order to limit the readers point of view of the story. Hawthorn develops dialogue and imagery to highlight Dimmesdale intelligence and his affection for Hester and Pearl. Not only does he care for Hester, but he cares for Pearl as well. These techniques help the reader learn more about Arthur Dimmesdale and how it is
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particular, Reverend Dimmesdale and Dr. Chillingworth are two who are punished. They are not punished directly such as a whipping or torture, but are forced to bear guilt and personal shame which can lead to mental torture. These repressed feelings lead to the different eccentric actions though out the book these were first thought to control actions by Sigmund Freud "human beings are motivated by unconscious desires, fears, needs, and conflicts", as displayed by Dimmesdale and Chillingworth(Freud
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because it’s something that you want, and you’re going to try to do everything to make that happen. In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, all the characters in the book including Hester Prynne, the woman that committed Adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale who was a priest, and a religious man, had dealt with their desires being uncontrolled, because it was their passion, Hester was punished with the letter “A” on her chest, which symbolized to society her affair. I think that human desire shouldn’t
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father’s identity, so her husband becomes determined to find the father and punish him. While anger and hatred can sometimes be justified, Roger Chillingworth sells his soul to the devil to exact his vengeance on Dimmesdale. This consumes him, but he ultimately redeems himself only after Dimmesdale dies,
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society not accepting pearl and controversies about Dimmesdale In the beginning of the novel the puritan society wanted pearl taken away for hester since they considered peral as a demon child and thought that Hester wouldnt set an example for peral. The
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Chapter 22, “The Procession” of The Scarlet Letter configures all the components into place to reveal the conclusion of the novel. The entire chapter is committed to the foreshadowing of events that expose the true relationship between Dimmesdale and Hester to the entire Puritan community. Therefore, Hawthorne makes great efforts to depict the atmosphere of the procession. To present the reader with a general comprehension of the era, Hawthorne sets the scene with a thorough analysis of monarchy
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John Proctor from “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller and Arthur Dimmesdale from “The Scarlet Letter” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne are two very similar characters that lived in the same time period. John and Arthur were highly respected men in their villages, but served different roles in their communities. Despite their highly regarded place in society and their morals they both commit the sin of adultery, choosing different paths of dealing with their sin. In the conclusion of the two
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