... were communicating their vital warmth to his half-torpid system- (137). Essentially, Hester and Pearl help to bring him to peace. Before he can really enjoy this feeling, however, Pearl brings him back to reality. While the girl has developed many "elfish- qualities, she has a knack for pushing the buttons of human emotion. So when she asks Dimmesdale to join her and her mother on ... the scaffold the following day, the narrator explains his feeling, " with the new energy of the moment, all the dread of public exposure that had so long ... been the anguish of his life had returned upon...

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... sympathies, and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor for ever do battle with the world, but be a women in it" (234). On the other hand, Pearl was considered to be born evil because she was the product of her mother's sin. Her wild "witch like" behavior ... was caused by her chaotic upbringing, none of which was actually her acting out of the evil in her heart. Pearl showed love and compassion to the ones dear to her. Her father was barely had a presence in her life yet Pearl loved him and shedded tears for ...

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... chest, which stands for adultery. As beautiful as this symbol is, it "was red-hot with infernal fire" (Hawthorne 82). The letter not only symbolizes the humiliation of the public, but also the deep burn that guilt evokes. The children in the village are taught to look at the woman who bears the scarlet letter "as the figure, the body, the reality of sin" (Hawthorne 74). Pearl, a very smart ... and curious, girl is described as elfish and the devil's child because of her mother. ... even makes her own out of seaweed. Pearl plays as a direct symbol of the scarlet letter, which is a way of...

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... herself as best a woman might." He looks past the reason for her situation and recognizes the good in the adulteress. This aspect also foreshadows later events as Hester is the strongest link in the relationship between her, Dimmesdale, and young Pearl. Also, Hawthorne's figurative style and his insight into the characters is shown. He writes, "Pearl looked as beautiful as the day, but was in one of those moods of ... see it on Dimmesdale's chest, the letter becomes a representation of his sin. Even little Pearl represents the "connecting link between the two [Hester and Dimmesdale]." S...

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... shade are more numerous than any other images in the novel" (Waggoner 160). The color red stands for passion and the anguish felt by both Hester and Dimmesdale. It also stands for the love between the two of them and for Pearl, their daughter. Darkness and light symbolize the ongoing struggle between good and evil. The darkness is generally associated with Chillingworth, and the cold acts of revenge he exacts on Dimmesdale ... . The light stands for truth and purity and Pearl's free nature. A major theme in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the consequence of sin is alienation...

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... scowl. He is greedy in the sense that he wants to torture Dimmesdale as much as he can. The meteor shows Chillingworth the relationship between Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl, and makes his yearning for revenge even greater. Hester is also affected at the second scaffold scene. At the second scaffold scene Hester and Pearl are for the first time privately united with Dimmesdale. The narrator exclaims, "The three formed an electric chain ... ." This illustrates the trinity between Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale. Hester's emotion is distinguished ... ...

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... mine. He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost; but I shall read it on his heart."" (75). This was the first but not the last time for which he will declare his revenge for Pearl's father. This fatal flaw leads to his sins of both anger and envy. "I must seek this man there is a sympathy that will make me conscious ... not as yet find utterance, save in this murmur that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit."" (269). Chillingworth's final negative effect on Dimmesdale was causing his death. However, not only did Dimmesdale death have a negative impact on...

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... revenge was through her daughter, Pearl. Everywhere Hester went, Pearl was right beside her. Pearl was just a smaller version of the scarlet letter. Even though Dimmesdale seemed to suffer more than anyone else in the novel does, he also distributed a fare amount of revenge. When Hester was on the scaffold with Pearl in her arms, being punished in public, Dimmesdale abandoned her. For the next couple of years he ... does not even make an effort to see her, let alone give her any financial help for their daughter. Minister Dimmesdale continued giving his ... excellent sermons to the con...

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... revenge was through her daughter, Pearl. Everywhere Hester went, Pearl was right beside her. Pearl was just a smaller version of the scarlet letter. Even though Dimmesdale seemed to suffer more than anyone else in the novel does, he also distributed a fare amount of revenge. When Hester was on the scaffold with Pearl in her arms, being punished in public, Dimmesdale abandoned her. For the next couple of years he ... does not even make an effort to see her, let alone give her any financial help for their daughter. Minister Dimmesdale continued giving his ... excellent sermons to the con...

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... and then slowly made his way down from the podium. He walked from the podium and made his way to the scaffold. He stood up on it and called for Hester and Pearl, and then holding Pearls hand he confessed his sin to the public. After that he kneeled down to Pearl and asked for her to kiss him on the forehead. Pearl did and at that moment Dimmesdale fell ... over and died (Hawthorne 225-228). He had done it; he had finally released himself from the pain that had tormented him ... for years. In conclusion Dimmesdale went through extreme torment ... ...

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... strength, but to rip his shirt and reveal to everyone his own scarlet letter on his naked breast. He also says to Pearl, "My little Pearl, dear little Pearl, wilt thou kiss me now." And for the first time in the novel Pearl shows affection for her father and sheds a tear for him. There in the light of day in front of all of his followers Dimmesdale dies peacefully with ... wants her to reveal his name. She does this in the light of day in front of all the townspeople. The second scene occurs at the climax of the plot, in the middle of the night where no one is to be seen. Dimmesdale cli...

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... takes place in Salem and Concord, Massachusetts; late 1840. A young woman, Hester Pryne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter "A" on her breast. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester's husband, a scholar much older than she is, sent her ahead to America, but he never ... arrived in Boston. The consinsus is that he has been lost at sea. While waiting for her husband, Hester has ... , and Chillingworth cries out, "Thou hast escaped me!" Pearl finally bestows on Dimmesdale t...

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... find peace and happiness caused by his rejection to seek the forgiveness of God or from his congregation, however, his weaknesses and faults reveals it self. In his dying breath he did not what "the sin here so awfully revealed" forgotten by God (241). Only upon his death does he ask in public for Pearl to "Kiss him", and gives her his only fatherly ... advice to "not yonder, in the forest" (240). He leads a phony life, walking down the street he want to give a "wicked look" at a young "maiden," than wanted to teach "little Puritan children" some "wicked words"(206 ... , 207) Pearl neve...

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... arranged by her parents or was entered into as a marriage of convenience or as a means of financial gain or social status. Could the lust for social status and financial security at this time have contributed to Hester's later lust for Reverend Dimmesdale? Perhaps Hester gained a sense of boldness at her first taste of freedom and independence which caused her to tread down a path ... such a seemingly unprecedented response. What would cause a woman to create a new life far removed from the one she escaped only to return to that old life years later? "But there was more a real life for ...

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... and good place instead of a devilish one that the puritans viewed it as. In the forest both Hester and Dimmesdale realize their love for each other and base the reason of their sin on it. In the end Hester is released from her sin when Dimmesdale admits publicly to being her fellow sinner and the true father of Pearl. Hester is released from her sin as a way ... of her being forgiven for her actions. Since Hester told the truth about her sin and suffered the consequences by wearing the "A" she is forgiven of her sins in the end. Seeing that Hester is sorry for her sins and bases it on l...

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... not know anyone else. Also, they were slightly afraid of him, because of the devilish look about him, and surely he was shunned after it was discovered what he had been doing to the good Reverend Dimmesdale for all those years.   Secondly, he left his estate to the girl he felt sorry for Pearl.   He felt as if he had taken away her father and her ... chance at a normal, happy life.   Pearl's tears had touched his deep, dark soul on the day her father died.   Chillingworth felt some responsibility ... for Dimmesdale, and though he had been his foe, he felt that he owed it to ... ...

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