... them. However, in The Scarlet Letter, a famous novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Dimmesdale carries the problem of confession and his wrongdoings are what makes him a far greater sinner than any other character in the novel. Arthur Dimmesdale is known to be the ˜perfect' example of a pious man. He ... this immoral affair, which is considered to the community as one of the greatest sins, their daughter Pearl, is born. Due to this sin, Dimmesdale becomes physically and psychologically weak to the point where his once young lively face "seemed to have grown duskier, and his fig...

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... debated countless times throughout our history and two books seem to depict this standard of living in two different ways. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, conflicts the effects of the conjunction of church and state while The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, conflicts the inability to ... counted against it, there be no road between."(Act 3) Here Danforth demonstrates the emotion that puritans felt toward insubordination and defiance of Puritan lifestyle. Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime e...

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