Reverend Dimmesdale and his physician, Roger Chillingworth, experience several transformations in their character. ... Chillingworth becomes the Reverend's "leech" that uses his intuition to sense a great burden in Dimmesdale's soul. ... At the end of "The Leech and his Patient", Chillingworth's shows himself worthy of his name, giving the chills to Reverend Dimmesdale as he plots his imminently fatalistic plan glimpsed in the closing events of this chapter. ... Hawthorne describes the physician's intentions with Arthur Dimmesdale mentioning he " strove to go deep i...

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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. ... Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. ... 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 Di...

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However, in The Scarlet Letter, a famous novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Dimmesdale carries the problem of confession and his wrongdoings are what makes him a far greater sinner than any other character in the novel. 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...

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