... the end of the novel, when finally attempting to confess, people are compelled by his final sermon, raving that "never had a man spoken in so wise, so high, and so holy a spirit, as he that spake this day (p.243)". Proving that he was a very loved and influential man in the small town. In further developing Dimmesdale's character, Hawthorne portrays him as a hypocrite ... . His outward demeanor deceives the villagers, appearing as a completely holy man. However, before the action of the novel begins, he stumbles into sin, by committing adultery with Hester Pryne, an attractive young woma...

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... the end of the novel, when finally attempting to confess, people are compelled by his final sermon, raving that "never had a man spoken in so wise, so high, and so holy a spirit, as he that spake this day (Hawthorne 243)". Proving that he was a very loved and influential man in the small town. In further developing Dimmesdale's character, Hawthorne portrays him as ... a hypocrite. His outward demeanor deceives the villagers, appearing as a completely holy man. However, before the action of the novel begins, he stumbles into sin, by committing adultery with Hester Pryne, an attractive yo...

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... into the night standing on the scaffold as he struggles to gain the nerve to admit his sin. It also hurts Dimmesdale when the townspeople speak of how righteous and holy he is. All of the internal suffering that he endures proves to be much worse then Hester's public punishment. Roger Chillingworth is Hester's husband. He commits a sin against her. He ... for the first time. The sunshine is used to express a moment of enlightenment and change. Hawthorn uses reds, darkness, and light to express character's emotions and the state of their spirit. Red is passion and sin. Darkness represent...

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... in his little book "Nature" (published in 1836). In "Nature" Emerson takes anthropocentric view, seeing nature as a great and holy teacher of self-reliant man who will look beyond its uses as mere commodity and see it as if used with spirit, with a wonder known to few people. Nature's purpose was clear to Emerson: "All the parts incessantly work into each other ... ...

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... damage. Chillingworth affirms that men who don't reveal their sins " deceive themselves They fear to take up the shame that rightfully belongs to them their zeal for God's service, these holy impulses may or may not coexist in their hearts with the evil inmates" (122). Roger plans out his comments in order to emit an indirect message and perceive a reaction from ... gives in to his physician's cunning evil. The ending of chapter ten forebodes future inquiry on Chillingworth's behalf that will lead to a great revelation, hinted by Hawthorne, in Arthur Dimmesdale's spirit. Chillingworth i...

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... guilt brings corrupt souls to the depths of insanity. Unable to be freed by their struggling wills, they are forced to succumb to the torture and anguish and amend their spirit to become aliens of their past. With no recollection of their former being, their prior self ceases to exist and becomes anew. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne inspires the ... depicted by Hawthorne. Although the author portrays the character as weak minded and bodily ill from the omniscient narrator perspective, the vantage point of the Puritan society portrays Dimmesdale as "holy" and "revered" when H...

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