The sin of adultery affects Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, as well as the Physician Roger Chillingsworth. ... After many years, she earned the respect of many Puritans through her craftsmen work and sincerity of her silence; unlike her partner, and Pearls father, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Additionally, the "A" affects the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale emotionally, as well as, physically. ... These complications that lead Chillingsworth to live with Dimmesdale, as his physician. ... Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and the Physician Roger Chillingsworth were all...

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The Metamorphosis of Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many characters that transform; one of them is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ... (Page 49) Reverend Dimmesdale is seen as a godly man. ... (Page 65) This is the first scaffold scene Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is not showing any signs of guilt at this point, he is still fairly the same and has not began to inflict punishment on himself or so it appears. ... Arthur Dimmesdale has become real pale and looks almost dead and also begins to lose his mind, this is scene on the scaffold. ... ...

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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale has committed the sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. ... Ironically, Reverend Dimmesdale asks Hester "who she has committed the sin with?"... Now, Chillingworth does not yet suspect that Dimmesdale is the other adulterer so he helps the reverend to become well again. ... Dimmesdale doesn't respond well to this and Chillingworth begins to suspect Dimmesdale of hiding something. ... Because of the guilt that Chillingworth has brought out of Dimmesdale, The Reverend becomes mentally unstable. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale struggles to overcome sin, guilt, and public shame in Puritan society. Arthur Dimmesdale reveals his guilt and shame towards the end of the novel when Hester and Pearl stand with him on the scaffold while he confesses his sin to the townspeople. ... With a guilty conscience, Dimmesdale's mental health suffers, along with his ability to restrain himself from talking to Reverend Wilson while he was on the scaffold. However, Dimmesdale does not speak to the Reverend, the guilt he feels inside has caused him to believe ...

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She is the mother of her only daughter, Pearl, who was conceived in sin with the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Arthur Dimmesdale is the reverend of the small puritan society, and Hester's partner in sin. ... Hester chooses not to reveal Arthur Dimmesdale's identity because she does not want to hurt him. ... Hester Prynn is also the person who allows Roger Chillingworth to secretly torture Arthur Dimmesdale. ... She instigates Arthur Dimmesdale's torture and eventual death. ...

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Dimmesdale, a key character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter, had to face. ... At the beginning of the novel, Dimmesdale has established quite a reputation for himself. ... Due to his actions, all of the people respect and look up to the Reverend. ... In further developing Dimmesdale's character, Hawthorne portrays him as a hypocrite. ... Similarly, there are also some things that go on that are out of Dimmesdale's control. ...

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Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. ... The man, Reverend Dimmesdale, hides his sin from the world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. ... In The Scarlet Letter, these people are the ones who loathe Hester, but love Reverend Dimmesdale. ... In The Scarlet Letter, there is a minister, Dimmesdale, a political! ... One specific parallel between characters is that of Reverend Parris and Dimmesdale. ...

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Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale committed adultery, but when his mistress, Hester Prynne, became pregnant he remained quiet. ... Although this is not that bad compared to the pain and torture Dimmesdale goes through. ... Not the sin itself caused this pain to Dimmesdale, but the fact that he could talk of it with no one and revealing it to the public would ruin him. ...

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The main characters include Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and Reverend Dimmesdale. ... Townspeople also look down upon Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, another main character in the story. Dimmesdale also commits the sin of adultery. ... Dimmesdale begins to feel guilt for what he has done. ... Arthur Dimmesdale's also one of the most guilty of the characters because he took part, along with Hester, in the major sin which influences the others to actually happen. ...

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Upon this assumption, Hester committed a crime of adultery with her fellow minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Roger Chillingworth, who is a physician, moves in with Reverend Dimmesdale because Dimmesdale is growing ill. While living with Dimmesdale, he discovers that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl and seeks revenge on him by hurting him more than curing him of his illness. On the day that Arthur is planning on running away with Hester and Pearl, he instead walks up to the scaffold with Hester and Pearl to reveal his sin to his congregation. ... Dimmesdale's sin should have been more ...

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Two main characters that live with guilt and sin throughout the novel are Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester cheated on her husband (Roger Chillingsworth) with the Reverend Dimmesdale. ... Dimmesdale's sin and guilt however, remained a secret. ... However, Before Hester and Dimmesdale could leave, Dimmesdale had to make one last speech. ... After his speech Dimmesdale became pale and weak. ...

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Dimmesdale, Pearl and Hester show the different instances where truth was brought out in society. ... She chooses not to hide the truth from them, unlike reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Dimmesdale tells his followers that he deceived him and about how he has done so. ... The most significant reason for Dimmesdale's breakdown is evident throughout the course of the plot. ... The characters of Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale are the three main characters that show truth in society....

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It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom." (180) Hester is not only isolated from Pearl, she is also kept at a distance from Arthur Dimmesdale as well. ... Additionally, Pearl is kept from her father (Arthur Dimmesdale) because her mother tries to coneal his identity from her. ... The next most important character that experiences isolation is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester's secret lover. ... Arthur is also isolated from God. Dimmesdale believes that his sin is too immoral to be completely forgiven by God. ...

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After this conversation, the magistrates, along with the reverends of the town, call Hester to look at them. ... Unable to get a hint out of her, the magistrates call on the Reverend Dimmesdale, the most popular minister of the town, to decide Hester's fate. Reverend Dimmesdale pleads to Hester to reveal the father's identity, but still, she refuses. ... Meanwhile, venerable Reverend Dimmesdale's body starts to waste away from a mysterious heart condition. ... As he stands on the scaffold, his fellow minister, Reverend Wilson, coming back from the house of late Governor Winthrop...

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Safety is demonstrated as Hester goes to talk with Dimmesdale and she approaches none other than, the forest. ... She, in her decision to have a relationship with Reverend Dimmesdale, goes against the Puritan laws and moral code. ... Hester demonstrates human naturalness by obeying her instinctual urges and having a relationship with Reverend Dimmesdale. ... A final important character in this novel includes Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Unfortunately that day Dimmesdale passes on. ...

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The book entitled, The Scarlet Letter, revolves around three main scaffold scenes. It was brilliantly designed by the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, so that the first scaffold scene contains the introduction, the second contains the climax, and the third contains the conclusion. The first scene, howev...

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Arthur Miller's The Crucible best illustrates this hypocritical attraction-abhorrence nature of the Puritans. They believe that the forest was "the Devil's last preserve."33 Hence, when the Salem minister, Reverend Parris, discovers a group of girls from the town, including his daughter, Betty, and niece, Abigail, dancing and "conjuring up spirits"34 with his slave girl, Tituba, "the rumor of witchcraft [spreads] all about."35 Betty will not wake from what seems to be a deep sleep36. ... Exasperated, Reverend Parris calls on Rev. ... This novel does not deal so much with w...

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