In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale has committed the sin of adultery with Hester Prynne. ... Dimmesdale's first point of decent is his physical health. ... Dimmesdale doesn't respond well to this and Chillingworth begins to suspect Dimmesdale of hiding something. Chillingworth continues to do this to Dimmesdale. ... Chillingworth then plays mind games with Dimmesdale which eventually leads to Dimmesdale's mental breakdown....

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Arthur Dimmesdale is the reverend of the small puritan society, and Hester's partner in sin. ... It most certainly appears that Arthur Dimmesdale is not the protagonist, but Hester Prynn plays this role. ... 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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The characters who are affected by the letter are Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, Pearl, and Hester Prynne (Schneider). ... Her love for Arthur Dimmesdale, their minister, and the creation of Pearl, her daughter, has forced her to live in seclusion. ... (Hawthorne; Schneider) Arthur Dimmesdale is as much responsible for the creation of the scarlet letter as Hester. ... (Hawthorne; Bloom 26-27) There are many signs that Arthur Dimmesdale is physically deteriorating and should repent through confession. ... (Hoffman 38-39) One of the major problems Arthur Dimmesdale faces, while ...

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In the meantime there was a priest named Arthur Dimmesdale who was secretly living in shame; for he was the father to little Pearl. ... Dimmesdale suffered with the symbol of shame burned into his chest never to be revealed, and eating at his conscience. ... The old doctor who had become one of Dimmesdale's closest and most trusted friends was actually hurting him all along. One day Hester and Dimmesdale met in the woods and decided to run away and start a new life somewhere far away, but not until after his Electorial Sermon. ... Dimmesdale wanted the truth to come out so they could r...

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Arthur Dimmesdale while she was still married to Roger Prynne (Chillingworth). ... It is on the armor breastplate in Governor Bellingham's garden, in the sky on the night of Dimmesdale's scaffold vigil, continually little Pearl is pictured to be the scarlet letter personified, and the most dramatic of the "A"'s is that which is on Dimmesdale's chest when he reveals his chest and sin. ... To Hester, a device of unjust humiliation; to Dimmesdale, a reminder of his own guilt; to Chillingworth, a token of his quest for revenge; but to the community the letter morphs from a si...

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Arthur Dimmesdale, believed to be a pious reverend, is provided as an example of conformity. ... And Pearl, who is the offspring of Hester and Dimmesdale, is unlike either of the two. ... Through Hester's tribulations, she is able to stand against the status quo and become her own ideal individual.Throughout the novel, Arthur Dimmesdale is known as a venerable reverend. ... Although Dimmesdale bares this title, he is possibly the ultimate example of conformity. ... Through Dimmesdale, as he shows his inner struggle between his true identity and social reputation. ...

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Throughout the course of the book, Hawthorne uses Hester, Pearl, and Arthur Dimmesdale to signify and contrast both the Puritanical and Romantic philosophies. ... Puritanism puts all of its stock in the religious leader of the community; Arthur Dimmesdale was the Religious leader of the community where the story takes place. ... To Dimmesdale, it is bad that Hester is shown publicly as a sinner, but what is far worse than public shame is Dimmesdale's own cruel inner shame. Knowing what only he and Hester know, the secret of theirs eats away at Dimmesdale's weakening and slowly killi...

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She settles in a puritan community, where she meets Arthur Dimmesdale, a young puritan minister, and she commits the act of adultery. ... It guides her to helping others, such as Dimmesdale, and to make the right choices. ... Dimmesdale, Hester's lover, is the only one apart from Hester who knows about the relationship between the two. Therefore, because of the incident, Dimmesdale also blames the act of adultery on himself and so he makes his own letter over his heart. ... Decisions such as Dimmesdales confession to the townspeople, leading to his death, all due to the letter A. ...

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