"Even thus much of truth would save me! But, now, it is all falsehood! - all emptiness!- all death" Dimmesdale is living a lie, there is no truth in his life. The people are taking him for someone he is not and only Hester really knows the truth behind his shadow. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale have gone against Puritan law and committed the sin of adultery. But unlike Hester, Arthur hid his secret and was not honest with the people of his society or himself. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne the theme of truth has great importance. Even if it affects social status or it leads to revenge, truth is the safest lie. By expressing truth Hester is set free, leaving Dimmesdale and Chillingworth to deteriorate from their falseness.
Having committed a moral sin with Hester, Dimmesdale holds the truth inside. Being the reverend of the Puritan church, he has moral obligations to be true to the people, yet Dimmesdale decides to keep his sin inside, defying Puritan providence. When he preaches he preaches of sin but by doing so he is a hypocrite. Dimmesdale speaks to Hester, " What can a ruined soul, like mine, effect towards the redemption of other souls?- or a polluted soul towards their purification?" (131 ) His soul is ruined by holding in his secret and he is preaching when he is really a sinner. Due to his untold sin he is dying a living death as his body begins to become pale and weak. Even his enemy, Chillingworth, sees his pain, ". It must needs be better for the sufferer to be free to show his pain,., than to cover it all up in his heart" (118). Chillingworth notices that Dimmesdales illness goes beyond common medicine and is deeper like something eating away at his soul. By not letting go of the truth, Dimmesdale is self imprisoned and eventually dies from his guilt.
When the truth of Hester's sin is revealed it helps her to become stronger. As Hester is standing on the scaffold for the first time, being publically humiliated, her ability to not break down in front of the crowed shows great strength of truth, knowing this is the punishment for her sin.
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What is Truth? Truth exists and is an absolute. ... If my truth differs from your truth that can only be because either one or both of us is unaware of the truth and has called something true which is not. ... Maybe is dishonesty to truth and if it touches truth, then truth becomes maybe. ... Truth is the quality of being true, and anything that is true is a truth, the concept of truth is uncommonly complex and variable. ...
What is Truth? Truth exists and is an absolute. ... If my truth differs from your truth that can only be because either one or both of us is unaware of the truth and has called something true which is not. ... Maybe is dishonesty to truth and if it touches truth, then truth becomes maybe. ... Truth is the quality of being true, and anything that is true is a truth, the concept of truth is uncommonly complex and variable. ...
"Who was Sojourner Truth?" ... It was Truth's religious faith that transformed her from Isabella to Sojourner Truth. ... It was said, "New York was Truth's Egypt". ... (Truth, ch23) They said that Truth tried to poison them but they said that they had known about it. ... Truth had a major impact on the creation of the book. ...
She, along with others, led a society through a journey of truth. No other woman would fit this description except Sojourner Truth. ... (Sojourner Truth 1) She believed that He wanted her to take this name, which meant the journey to truth, and evangelize His word. ... (History-Sojourner 1) John Dumont was the slaveholder of Sojourner Truth. ... Truth yelled out, "Fredrick, is God gone?" ...
She, along with others, led a society through a journey of truth. No other woman would fit this description except Sojourner Truth. ... (Sojourner Truth 1) She believed that He wanted her to take this name, which meant the journey to truth, and evangelize His word. ... (History-Sojourner 1) John Dumont was the slaveholder of Sojourner Truth. ... Truth yelled out, "Fredrick, is God gone?" ...
Sojourner Truth Life was very hard in the days of slavery for all African Americans. ... In 1850 Truth published her autobiography, ghostwritten by Olive Gilbert. ... Truth's "Ar'n't I a Woman?" ... I found it very astonishing what Sojourner Truth did in order to get where she ended up. ... If it wasn't for Sojourner Truth I don't know where this cause would be today....
Sojourner Truth was born a slave named Isabella Baumfree sometime in 1797 in Ulster county, New York. ... In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth. ... As a speaker, Sojourner Truth became known for her quick wit and powerful presence. ... Truth and called it: "Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl". ... Just as Truth, the mechanical robot was traveling and in search of truth. ...
