In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the reader gains insight into the primer and personalities of the characters through Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. These two characters show us the evil in the novel, the unfolding sin, and add a special romance to the novel
Arthur Dimmesdale is the sermoniser in the Puritan settlement. He becomes involved with Hester Pyrnne, the wife of Roger Chillingworth. Pearl, Hesters young lady comes to her from Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester is forced to stand on the scaffold in front of the community to confess whom she act adultery with. However, Hester does non divulge any information. Therefore, her husband changes his name and the issue ashes at ease for 7 long time until her husband observes the fountain of Arthur Dimmesdale. Arthur is described as having a white, lofty, and impending brow(Hawthorne 46), which suggests that he knows what is right and he has large, brown, melancholy eyes(46) that are the window to his reason. His eyes allow Roger Chillingworth to see through him later in the novel. Arthur keeps his great sin inside of him for 7 long years and Hester is forced to wear the letter A as a symbol of adultery. Throughout the 7 years Arthur has been suffering continually, and he always keeps his hand over his heart as a symbol of his love towards Hester and Pearl.
Dimmesdale knows intellectually what the moral thing is to do, and he even tries good works, but the darkness in his soul supercedes the goodness in his head.
Roger Chillingworth, shunning his wife for the crime she committed becomes a respected individual and a physician to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose wellness is failing. During the treatment Chillingworth sees some wound or trouble in Dimmesdales soul that is contributing to his declining health. One morning...
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