Character Analysis Of Arthur Dimmesdale In "The Scarlet Letter"

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him to
hide his sin and bear the weight of it, he creates an extremely interesting and
tremendously strong character.
The scaffold is the place that Dimmesdale shows the amount of pain and
self-loathing he is truly capable of concealing. He realizes that he is as much
at fault for Hesterÿs torment as any common villager, if not even more so.
Seven years prior, Hester stood in this place and took the punishment for both
of them while he quietly stood aside and led people to believe that he also
condemned her. During those long seven years he made no move to lessen her load
or his own. Now Dimmesdale has had all that he can bear and lets out a yell
that draws the attention of fellow villagers. He curses himself for his silence
and cowardice.
On the scaffold in the chapter 23 the true sign of strength ids revealed.
To admit he is wrong takes strength, but the way that he held in his sin thus
committing two, one of the original sin, and two of the concealment, ...

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