Critical Analysis of The Scarlet Letter; The Difference Between Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale
Critical Analysis of the Scarlet Letter: The Difference Between Hester and Dimmesdale The ways in which Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale acknowledged, accepted, and repented their sins were completely opposite each other. Hester, although she did not have much of a choice, openly accepted her punishment for committing adultery. She struggled with her conscience as she raised her child, Pearl, and dealt with being the town outcast. Dimmesdale lived a cowardly life. He hid behind the respect his title afforded him with the townspeople (Loring, 254). He would not be seen in public with Hester and Pearl, but he would meet with them in the forest (Hawthorne, 151) and at night on the scaffold (Hawthorne, 111). It was only on his deathbed that he confessed to being Pearl's father (Hawthorne, 180).If he had not
Arthur Dimmesdale, on the other hand, did not confess and lived the last seven years of his life as a lie. With each day, Dimmesdale grew paler and weaker. The same sin, committed by two people, caused two completely different reactions in their lives. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Thus Hester repented her sin and sought redemption in the eyes of "God" and the public. By having not admitted the sin out loud, he may have thought that it was not real. Arthur Dimmesdale, it seemed, was in a sort of denial. Due to the tribulations she went through as consequences of her actions, Hester learned that there was more to herself and to life than she previously knew. She knew what she had done, and she lived her life with the consequences. Hester nursed the sick back to health, and she never expected anything in return (Hawthorne, 117).
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