1. Dimmesdale's Secret - The Scarlet Letter
While Hawthorne is not gratuitous with this information, he does give the reader subtle hints as to the man's identity. ... Hawthorne gives the reader subtle hints throughout the first half of the novel that may lead to the identification of Hester's lover and Pearl's father, Arthur Dimmesdale, before he publicly announces his true identity near the end of the novel. Evidence of such hints is found as early in the novel as the third chapter, "The Recognition.... Further into the novel in chapter 8, "The Elf-Child and the Minister", Roger Chillingworth accuses Dim...
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