Arthur Dimmesdale: a modern man caught within the realm of the puritans. ... Dimmesdale is hiding in fear as he travels his path to reconciliation. ... These words show that Dimmesdale now doubts his own faith. ... Chillingworth now knows that Dimmesdale is his "bitterest" enemy. I think that Chillingworth knowing that Dimmesdale is the one that loves Hester plays a big part in Dimmesdale breaking down faster towards the end of the novel. ...

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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

The two of them are also troubled with love and relationships, Edna with Robert and Hester with Arthur. ... Hester loves Arthur Dimmesdale, but she can not love him openly because she is married women and Arthur is a pastor that can not get over his sin and return her love. ... Hester and Arthur finally confess their love for one another towards the end of the novel and even though Arthur dies of a burdened heart, Hester still openly confessed her love and thus defied the puritan society and took her life back. ... Hester needs independence to openly love her partner in adultery, Arthur Dimmes...

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Upon this basis, young Hester committed a crime of adultery with her fellow Minister Arthur Dimmesdale. ... It is clear throughout the novel that she has strong feelings for Dimmesdale and they outweigh her respect for the Puritan's code of law. ... Dimmesdale was the first man Hester really loved, and he feels that because of these circumstances, her punishment far outweighed her crime. ...

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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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John Proctor and Hester Prynne, two characters derived from a seventeenth century, puritan community have interesting views on life. John Proctor is selected from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. John and Hester ali...

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• Grade Level: High School