The Metamorphosis of Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many characters that transform; one of them is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. ... (Page 49) Reverend Dimmesdale is seen as a godly man. ... (Page 65) This is the first scaffold scene Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is not showing any signs of guilt at this point, he is still fairly the same and has not began to inflict punishment on himself or so it appears. ... Arthur Dimmesdale has become real pale and looks almost dead and also begins to lose his mind, this is scene on the scaffold. ... ...

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Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and his friend John Wilson are introduced at the scaffold begging Hester to reveal the father of the baby so that he may suffer just as Hester does. Ironically, it turns out that Arthur Dimmesdale was the father of the baby and he and Hester knew it. Roger Chillingworth who was a physician as well as Hester's husband, moves in with Reverend Dimmesdale because Dimmesdale was growing sick. ... In this novel, an anguished Arthur Dimmesdale struggles to quiet his conscience and withhold the secret of his sin from being known. ... In the novel, Arthur Dimmesdale wa...

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By the second of such scenes, the story is in the middle of its development, and the guilt of Arthur Dimmesdale has fully developed. ... Examining Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in the context of the scaffold scenes, shows that honesty overcomes deception. ... Examining Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in the context of scaffold scene one, shows the seeds of honesty and deception. ... Examining Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in the second scaffold scene, shows the development of honesty and deception at th...

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Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. ... The man, Reverend Dimmesdale, hides his sin from the world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. ... In The Scarlet Letter, these people are the ones who loathe Hester, but love Reverend Dimmesdale. ... In The Scarlet Letter, there is a minister, Dimmesdale, a political! ... One specific parallel between characters is that of Reverend Parris and Dimmesdale. ...

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At the time that the reader comes across this passage, the Reverend Mr. ... Throughout this story, the character of Reverend Mr. ... Reading about the joy of the Reverend in this passage hurts, in my opinion, because the reader knows what Arthur does not, that this will not work out. ... The relationship will not work, and seeing the Reverend with this hope pains me. ... It allows the reader to see the theme of dealing with guilt and provides a transition from the joy Arthur feels in Nature as opposed to the misery he feels back in Civilization. ...

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Another representation of Hester's love for Pearl is when Hester and Arthur Dimmesdale finish their conversation in the forest. ... The Reverend Wilson demands that Hester reveal the name of the father, but she refuses to say. Believing that Hester's pastor could discover the name of Pearl's father, Reverend Wilson asks the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale to speak with Hester. ... Hawthorne later reveals that Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester's lover and the father of Pearl. ... Arthur Dimmesdale is "the main tragic problem" of The Scarlet Letter, according to Theodore L. ...

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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. ... The weak mortality of Reverend Dimmesdale is also depicted by Nathaniel Hawthorne's exercise of mirrors thro...

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This quote plays an important role in this book because the main characters, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, are adulteress. ... Roger Chillingworth, the reverend's physician, discovers it when he "thrust[s] aside the vestment, that, hitherto, had always covered it" (Hawthorne 132). This mark has been set there not by the black man, but by Dimmesdale himself. ... This embarrasses Dimmesdale and makes him think about revealing his sin. ... Hawthorne proves the universal belief that guilt endures until penance is made by using the characters Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Pryn...

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He is the father of Pearl, but is also a reverend. ... He senses something is not right and wants to know exactly what is bothering Reverend Dimmesdale. Roger despises him and his life-long goal is to seek revenge upon poor Dimmesdale (71). ... Despite Chillingworth's chilling words, Hester decides to meet Arthur Dimmesdale in the woods to discuss with him who Roger really is. ... She brought Dimmesdale inner peace by helping him confess to his part in the sin. ...

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Could the lust for social status and financial security at this time have contributed to Hester's later lust for Reverend Dimmesdale? ... Her own daughter Pearl does not acknowledge Hester when she takes the symbol off her dress as she sits and converses with Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest. ...

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