Dissension and Destruction of Arthur Dimmesdale
The obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed could be broken by those who are charlatans and ingenuine. These are the type of individuals the reader will encounter in the American classic The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the conflict between outer appearance and inner reality through the internal dissension of the character Arthur Dimmesdale who struggles with day to day life while trying to hide his darkest secret. Dimmesdale’s internal endeavour provoked disparate townspeople and populaces to fall into the path of darkness and led them to commit sins and crimes they would rather have not done.
Arthur Dimmesdale, otherwise known as Mr. Dimmesdale to his peers was deemed a holy man and righteous follower of God, but in reality, Dimmesdale was not a holy man at all. In the community, Mr. Dimmesdale was seen as the mouthpiece of God, or the speaker of Gods words. The people “ in their eyes”, ( Hawthorne 130) thought of Dimmesdale as a miracle of holiness and allowed him to express Heaven’s messages of wisdom, rebuke, and love and appeared to honor “the very ground on which he trod” (130). The people did not take into account the actuality of his prior actions and the sins in which he commited, which were not disclosed to the personages at …show more content…
Dimmesdale is seen by the people of Boston through his extraneous actions and everyday life while his inner reality is depicted by his skirmish to prevail over his past malpractice. Dimmesdale overall dissends to become a liar and con artist through covering up his sins with his ministry. Finally, Dimmesdale perishes and leaves the community with many questions for whom may not be
The obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed could be broken by those who are charlatans and ingenuine. These are the type of individuals the reader will encounter in the American classic The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the conflict between outer appearance and inner reality through the internal dissension of the character Arthur Dimmesdale who struggles with day to day life while trying to hide his darkest secret. Dimmesdale’s internal endeavour provoked disparate townspeople and populaces to fall into the path of darkness and led them to commit sins and crimes they would rather have not done.
Arthur Dimmesdale, otherwise known as Mr. Dimmesdale to his peers was deemed a holy man and righteous follower of God, but in reality, Dimmesdale was not a holy man at all. In the community, Mr. Dimmesdale was seen as the mouthpiece of God, or the speaker of Gods words. The people “ in their eyes”, ( Hawthorne 130) thought of Dimmesdale as a miracle of holiness and allowed him to express Heaven’s messages of wisdom, rebuke, and love and appeared to honor “the very ground on which he trod” (130). The people did not take into account the actuality of his prior actions and the sins in which he commited, which were not disclosed to the personages at …show more content…
Dimmesdale is seen by the people of Boston through his extraneous actions and everyday life while his inner reality is depicted by his skirmish to prevail over his past malpractice. Dimmesdale overall dissends to become a liar and con artist through covering up his sins with his ministry. Finally, Dimmesdale perishes and leaves the community with many questions for whom may not be