The intimacy in their kinship reaches a level where Roger Chillingworth reveals his slyness and gives the readers some hints as to why he doesn't seem to be as trustworthy, like characterized in previous chapters. ... As a result of his illness and the inquiry by Chillingworth, Dimmesdale is seen in the chapters as weaker than in previous chapters. 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. ... As...

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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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Chapter Two, The Market-Place (2.) Chapter Thirteen, Another View of Hester (3.) Chapter Seventeen, The Pastor and His Parishioner. ... Then we see in the seventeenth chapter, The Pastor and His Parishioner, the novel beginning to come to an end. ... Exchange this false life of thine for a true one Give up this name of Arthur Dimmesdale, and make thyself another, and a high one, such as thou canst wear without fear or shame. ...

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Right at the end of chapter 2, Hawthorne writes, "Could it be true? ... In chapter 5, Hawthorne writes, "Another peculiar torture was felt in the gaze of a new eye. ... " (Pg 57) Hester admits Pearl is her torture in chapter 6, Hawthorne writes, "So infinite was the torture inflected by the intelligent touch of Pearl's baby-hand.... Her helpfulness causes people to give the meaning "able" to the letter, rather than "adulteress," as it's supposed to mean. ... At the end of chapter 15, Hawthorne writes, "In all the seven bygone years, Hester...

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The first scaffold scene occurred in the beginning of the story which was about Hester and the second scaffold scene happened in chapter 12 which was about Dimmsdale. ... Nobody was aware of Dimmsdale's crime in this chapter. ... It's giving him pain and making him sick and weak inside. ... He gives a little shriek, trying to rouse people to come shame him, but the only people who stir are Governor Bellingham and his sister". ...

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By the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is deemed a criminal and ostracized from the community. ... Later, in chapter thirteen, we get another view of Hester Prynne. ... This chapter, which occurs years after chapter five, contains a description of Hester's actions. ... However, in this chapter we see that "the scarlet letter had not done its office" (Hawthorne 114). ... Throughout Dimmesdale's life, he chose to give up all aspects of his personal livelihood in order to serve the members of community, acting as the holy minister the community needed. ...

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In chapter six when Hester is talking about her daughter Pearl, of The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne says, "in giving her existence a great law had been broken." ... Also, in chapter six. it shows Pearl's fascination of the scarlet letter and seems to torture her mother by playing with it. ...

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Chapter Three states that he showed, nervous sensibility and a vast power of self restraint. While this seems to give Dimmesdale great strength, it is also his largest flaw. ... On the scaffold in the chapter 23 the true sign of strength ids revealed. ...

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She begins the story as the "bad guy" and bends everyone in the towns" perception into viewing her as "able" and giving her much respect. ... She not only established the plot, but also aided in its transformation from chapter to chapter. ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel in American history. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes a short book that conveys his point. However The Scarlet Letter also has many problems. It lacks details, is too complicated, and has an unclear language. Throughout the story The Scarlet Letter it lacks 1 key...

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As for Dimmesdale, the burden of his sin gives him "sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind, so that his heart vibrates in unison with theirs." ... The narrator points out in the novel's last chapter, both emotions depend upon "a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent upon another." ...

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This aspect is discussed a few times in the five chapters I have read so far. ... "Throughout them all, giving up her individuality, she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point, and in which they might vivify and embody their images of woman's frailty and sinful passion-. ...

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(p. 187) If we look at the title of this chapter, the meaning becomes much clearer. ... We recognize her as the Hester from chapter 1. ... Hawthorne created the forest to give the characters a place to escape and express their true thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. ...

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In chapter five, Hawthorne writes "Another peculiar torture was felt in the gaze of a new eye. ... Even though her very existence is a direct indication of Hester's affair, Pearl gives Hester a reason to be a better and more responsible person, thereby giving the child a place in the community.  ...

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In chapter 17, when she is finally reunited with Dimmesdale she says: "What we did had a consecration of its own. ... She gives to the poor and is a living representation of the strength of women in her community. ...

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In Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Man, His Tales and Romances, published by the Continuum in 1989, Edward Wagenknecht gives the following analysis of The Scarlet Letter: "Because Hawthorne did not believe that law can deal with sin as distinct from crime, he makes a whole paragraph of the sentence: "The scarlet letter had not done its office." ... He says that the punishment given to Hester Prynne by the Puritan people was not the punishment of God, that it was not the responsibility of Chillingworth and those who punished Hester to give punishment to a sinner, and that Hester saved herself from ...

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Like Hawthorne, I believe that evil is the nature of man but that there are different magnitudes of evil; some choose to fight it, like Hester, and some choose to give in, like Chillingworth. ... Finally, we get to the deformed scholar, whose intellect gives him the title of the most evil and sinful person in the book, Roger Chillingworth. ... By chapter 14, Chillingworth's transformation seems to be complete, and Chillingworth becomes aware of what has happened. ...

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In Chapter 17, she explains to Dimmesdale that she has been honest in all things except disclosing his part in her pregnancy.A lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side!? ... Made by Hester Prynne while in the jail cell where she went to give birth to her bastard child. ...

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He was not fond of the job and was relieved in 1848 when he was fired, giving him time to write his most famous work The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850 (Turner, 137). ... Hawthorne was highly ashamed of his Puritan family background, which played an especially large role in both his views and his writing (Reuben, Chapter 3). ...

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In the first chapter we see a plant which stands out, "But on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rosebush, covered with its delicate gems" (Hawthorne). ... Progressing until they are "past all moral sense," they eventually give "themselves over to loose conduct" (Paul, Ephesians 4:19). ...

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