... , hath not the courage to grasp it for himself--the bitter, but wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips!" (Page 65) This is the first scaffold scene Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is not showing any signs of guilt at this point, he is still fairly the same and has not began to inflict punishment on himself or so it appears ... sleep. He also clutches his chest a lot in away that reminds Pearl of her mother, Hester's scarlet letter "A" By this point in time Hester Prynne's husband has found out about Dimmesdale's secret and has been tormenting Dimmesdale with it. Arthur Dimmesdale ha...

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... scenes, Hester Prynne stands alone under direct scrutiny from the public. By the second of such scenes, the story is in the middle of its development, and the guilt of Arthur Dimmesdale has fully developed. Though he is unable to confess to the townspeople, he tries to soothe some of his inner pain by revealing his secret to the night. It is ... not until the books conclusion, however, that Dimmesdale finds peace through the full confession of his sins to the crowd. Examining Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth in the context of the scaffold scenes, shows that hone...

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• Has Bibliography
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... , the three scaffold scenes developed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter depict the moral, emotional and psychological effects of Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Also, the Scarlet letter "A" that Hester is obligated to wear affects her persona and shadow self along with ... life of her own. Other characters are also affected in the first scaffold scene. The first scaffold scene also affects Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth. Dimmesdale's emotions lie with tremendous remorse for the sin he has committed. He feels he should be on the scaffold a...

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... is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter as a symbol of her adultery. Hester's life is torn between two men, her husband, Roger Chillingworth, and Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister and father of her child. Chillingworth had sent Hester ahead of him to New England and did not follow or correspond with her for ... her to reveal his name, but she takes it as him being the innocent minister he is supposed to be. This first scaffold scene launches Dimmesdale's personal battle against himself to reveal his sin and begins Chillingworth's personal war against the man who has fathered Hester's child....

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• Grade Level: High School