Hawthorne illustrates that the lack of responsibility is harmful and should be held with contempt through the character Arthur Dimmesdale, the unholy minister whose guilt of being an adulterer eventually kills him. ... Hester threatens Arthur just to get him to come out of hiding. Obviously, showing capriciousness this lack of obligation not only torments Dimmesdale in the long run, but Hester and Pearl, the daughter of Hester and Arthur. ... What Hawthorne is trying to show his readers through the variant beliefs of the townspeople is that Arthur Dimmesdale's lack of responsibility u...

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In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaneil Hawthorn's depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. ... Arthur Dimmesdale, the Reverent and the protagonists" lover, was not a very powerful character. ... Hawthorne also marks the power that Dimmesdale gets when he is preaching which contradicts his actual weak character. ... Dimmesdale's health was lead to rapid deterioration, so he went to visit Roger Chillingworth, the real husband of the character Hester, and on...

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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller portray characters committing sins throughout the novel. ... John Proctor, a farmer in The Crucible, and Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister in The Scarlet Letter, both have similar experiences with adultery, but Proctor seems to approach his sin in a more honorable manner than Dimmesdale. ... Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister and adulterer, demonstrates his weakness of character and fear he has of the consequences he may have to face if he admits to engaging in adultery with Hester Prynne. ... Dimmesdale health begins t...

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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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Arthur Dimmesdale is known to be the ˜perfect' example of a pious man. ... As the book progresses, Dimmesdale wears his religious mask and tries to cover up his sin and growing pain. ... Dimmesdale acknowledges his wrong doings privately but cannot repent for it when in public. ... This controversy between the weight of his personal sin and his role as a leader reveals the truth behind Dimmesdale's character. In this story, Dimmesdale becomes a victim of his own covertness and although he tries to confess about his sins, the society will not believe him. ...

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, conflicts the effects of the conjunction of church and state while The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, conflicts the inability to perfect human nature regardless of any assistance given by a created lifestyle such as Puritanism. ... Dimmesdale is another character who plays a great role in the description of the incapability of any standard of living to completely alter the nature of humans. Hester and Dimmesdale are the Adam and Eve of the town who commit the ultimate sin by eating the fruit of adultery. ... For example Hester and Dimmes...

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