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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, what appears to beHester Prynne's tragedy becomes the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale's suffering and depression, despite the letter "A" boldly present on her chest. Revered Dimmesdale's affair with Hester Prynne continuously troubles his conscience; seeing that no other person feels as guilty, the minister is the most tragic character in the novel. At the time when this novel takes place, not only ministers, but ordinary people of the town took religion very serious. With great displeasure, Hester Prynne takes her punishment of being shunned from the people of her society, and by covering it up and secreting her sin, Pearl's significant contribution to Hester's life acts as a cure to her misdeeds, while no one to turn to, Dimmesdale's guilty conscience is buried within, eventually destroying Hester Prynne's sin of adultery had a big impact on herself as well as the entire community. All the people looked at her as worthless and dishonest. Her mistake had shunned her from the society. She quoted: "I happened to place it on my breast. It seemed to me, then that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so,
" (31) At the time, no one knew the whereabouts of her partner. At this point, if it were for not her willingness to save Arthur, he would most likely have eventually committed to suicide, sinning once again. She had once longed to be free of guilt and apart of her society. As a Minister of the town, he plays a very significant role, even a noble role as a servant to god. For him, it seems almost ludicrous that Hester feels the way she does. "Why then had he come hither (seeing that it was the middle of the night)? Was it but the mockery of penitence? A mockery, indeed, but in which his soul trifled itself! A mockery at which angles blushed and wept, while friends rejoiced, with jeering laughter! He had been driven hither by the impulse of remorse which dogged him everywhere"(142). Hester, as well as Pearl, is able to overcome the shame and dishonor it brings to their self-esteem. He refers to "down there" as Hell. In the novel The Scarlet Letter proved to be nothing more than a sign of Adultery upon the bosom of Hester Prynne. To many people, the forest is a good and happy place full of nature and respect, but in New England at this time of witchery, it spelled evil and had horror written all over it. "Must I sink down there and die at once". His feelings here are brought to him, not under his own conscience, but under the ministerial beliefs of God. He tragically quotes: "It were far worse than death! But how to avoid it? Shall I lay down again on these withered leaves, where I cast myself when thou didst tell me what he was? Must I sink down there, and die at once?" (180), a very true, open statement by Dimmesdale, perhaps his best in the novel. Hester, so desperately trying to save what little good conscience Dimmesdale might have left, cannot help but cry and weep in concern for his well being. As a minister to God and no one to turn to, the tragic sin of adultery causes great suffering in the life of the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.
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