Many years later, Hester returns alone, still wearing the scarlet letter, to live in her old cottage and resume her charitable work. When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale. Does Hester still love Dimmesdale? Yes, she loves him very much. Think about it. Despite being asked over and over again, and despite having to bear the brunt of her punishment, shame and degradation alone, Hester never reveals that Dimmesdale is the father of her child.
She protects his identity fiercely, at great personal loss and sacrifice. How did Dimmesdale get the A on his chest? He discovers that Dimmesdale, out of the guilt and sadness he feels from what occurs with Hester, has carved a letter "A" on his chest. This act of self-mutilation is essentially his own way to "share" the pain of Hester's humiliation.
What does Arthur Dimmesdale represent? Character Analysis Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale, the personification of "human frailty and sorrow," is young, pale, and physically delicate.
He has large, melancholy eyes and a tremulous mouth, suggesting great sensitivity. An ordained Puritan minister, he is well educated, and he has a philosophical turn of mind.
What sins did Dimmesdale commit? Chillingworth dies shortly after Dimmesdale passes away. Unlike Hester, who lives to raise Pearl and help the community however she can, Chillingworth loves no one else.
Therefore, he wastes away and dies alone. The one place that Dimmesdale is safe from Chillingworth is. This sin was regarded very seriously by the Puritans, and was often punished by death. Chillingworth claims Dimmesdale could never escape him. She has lived for seven long years with the torment of her neighbors and the shame of her scarlet letter.
She hurriedly answers him that perhaps the three of them dying together would be preferable, but if Dimmesdale dies alone what will she have? She will have no love, no life other than the loneliness she has already has, and a daughter who will have no father.
Pearl is given the most wonderful gift: a life that is filled with love and happiness. When her father finally publicly acknowledges her, she kisses him and weeps an actual tear. As Hawthorne says, "the spell is broken. Chillingworth loses his victory in two ways.
First, he no longer has Dimmesdale to torment, and second, he receives Dimmesdale's blessing. Even as he is dying, the minister manages to retain his reverence and his kindness by asking God's forgiveness for Chillingworth.
As Hester noted in her husband's changed appearance earlier, revenge is never a positive motive and generally consumes its possessor. Previous Chapter Next Chapter Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks?
Her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, remains unidentified and is wracked with guilt, while her husband, Roger Chillingworth, seeks revenge. Dimmesdale , leaving the church after his sermon, sees Hester and Pearl standing before the town scaffold.
He impulsively mounts the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses publicly, exposing a scarlet letter seared into the flesh of his chest. He falls dead, as Pearl kisses him. Did Chillingworth love Hester? Character Analysis. Despite being wronged by his wife, Chillingworth loves Hester so much that he cannot hurt her or her baby. Instead, he turns his anger on his wife's lover. How did Hester die? Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth dies a year later.
Hester and Pearl leave Boston, and no one knows what has happened to them. Many years later, Hester returns alone, still wearing the scarlet letter, to live in her old cottage and resume her charitable work. When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale. Who is the black man in the scarlet letter? The Black Man is a euphemism for Satan in this book. Hester considers the scarlet letter A to be the Black Man's mark, and Pearl wonders aloud if the Black Man left his brand on Dimmesdale's heart.
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