B. Dimmesdale’s intentions are never meant to be bad but what he doesn’t realize is that his struggles to strive for his salvation is impossible and only leads him to his later downfall. This is significant because it describes the overall character of Dimmesdale in that he does not have evil intentions; it’s just that everything he tries only to turn into something that assists him into bringing himself closer to self inflicted doom.
IV. With his new gained insight, Dimmesdale completes his final metamorphosis into the tragic hero that we have come to know.
B. Here Hawthorne characterizes Dimmesdale as a new born man as he comes out of the forest with new found knowledge of himself that his older self would have never discovered. The reason
IV. With his new gained insight, Dimmesdale completes his final metamorphosis into the tragic hero that we have come to know.
B. Here Hawthorne characterizes Dimmesdale as a new born man as he comes out of the forest with new found knowledge of himself that his older self would have never discovered. The reason