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The Scarlet Letter: Mr. Dimmsdale - Online Term Paper

The Scarlet Letter: Mr. Dimmsdale

After reading The Scarlet Letter, I have decided to write about Mr. Dimmsdale, because I have found him to be the most interesting person. There are many reasons why he is the most interesting. He is hiding a sin from everyone, and it is eating him up inside. To top it off he also preaches about how it is bad. Hester's husband is also hurting him by always being there and trying to pick into Mr. Dimmsdale's heart and find out the secret, which he already knows. He is just doing it as a kind of torture to Mr. Dimmsdale.
There are a number of times were Mr. Dimmsdale's health was fading. Pearl keeps on mentioning that he keeps holding his hand over his heart. When Hester asks Pearl if ...

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When Pearl, Hester, and Arthur are alone together and it is time to leave, Pearl asks him, "Will you stand up on the scaffold with us tomorrow?" (134), Later, she asks, "Will you go hand and hand with us out of the forest?" (185) And he replies that only on judgement day they will go hand in hand together. He is so afraid that if anyone finds out about his sin, he will be destroyed because he is a "holy" man. If anyone found out, then they would look down on him and he would be shunned like Hester. When the three of them were on the scaffold together and he told God of his sin, he felt better the next day because he got the sin off his chest, but not the letter though, even though he didn't tell anyone.
At the end of the book, Hester, Pearl, and Dimmsdale decide to move to another country and start a new life. This is Dimmsdale's way of avoiding and getting away from his sin. On the last day of his life, the day before they are to leave, Dimmsdale is to walk in a parade ...

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Added: 7/3/2005 03:07:40 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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