Reverend Dimmesdale and his physician, Roger Chillingworth, experience several transformations in their character. ... Nevertheless, his ability to manipulate makes it possible for Dimmesdale to consider him a confidant, thus making it possible for Chillingworth to explore Dimmesdale and use him as he wants. ... When Roger asks Dimmesdale, "You would tell me, then, that I know all?"... Hawthorne describes the physician's intentions with Arthur Dimmesdale mentioning he " strove to go deep into his patient's bossom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and pr...

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Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale go to the forest to talk without fear of being overheard by one of their peers. ... Had the forest still kept its gloom, it would have been bright in Hester's eyes, and bright in Arthur Dimmesdale's!... The segment "Had the forest still kept its gloom, it would have been bright in Hester's eyes, and bright in Arthur Dimmesdale's" means that even if the forest was not alive with color and light, it still would have been a refuge for Hester and Dimmesdale because it was not under the judgmental eye of their peers and church. ... H...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate