Through the transformation Dimmesdale, the symbol of the forest , and the development of the character Chillingworth, Hawthorne portrays that secret sin will eventually destroy a person and isolates a person.
From the beginning of the Scarlet Letter, Hester Pryne was the only person being publicly punished for a sin that she not only committed, but someone else. The other person was Aurthur Dimmesdale, no one knew who also committed this sin, so when regret started to derive he was being internally and externally destroyed. The reader of the Scarlet Letter would come to this conclusion by analyzing the drastic changes that Dimmesdale went through throughout the story. In the beginning Hawthorne portrays Dimmesdale as a “young clergymen” …show more content…
This shows that Dimmesdale didnt come off as the type of person that would do something like that, he was a young pastor who had a good heart, or thats what people thought, and never showed any signs of guilt. In the middle of the story we start to see a change in the way Dimmesdale looks, but also how he acts. He became very ill and was not able to take care of himslef, Roger Chillingworth had to move in with him and take care of him. Hawthorne described Dimmesdales change in appearance as "his form grew emanciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it". Dimmesdale had a very important change after the public shaming of Hester, his hand always stayed over his heart. After a while Dimmesdale didnt seem to be getting any better, but one night he decided to go to the scaffold and tell the town what he did. The reader sees a drastic change in Dimmesdale in these moments. Hawthorne Dimmesdale in this moment that he was "overcome with with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at the scarlet token on his naked breast". He then yelled out what had been eating him away for the last several years, he stated "it is done! The whole town will awake and hurry forth and find me
From the beginning of the Scarlet Letter, Hester Pryne was the only person being publicly punished for a sin that she not only committed, but someone else. The other person was Aurthur Dimmesdale, no one knew who also committed this sin, so when regret started to derive he was being internally and externally destroyed. The reader of the Scarlet Letter would come to this conclusion by analyzing the drastic changes that Dimmesdale went through throughout the story. In the beginning Hawthorne portrays Dimmesdale as a “young clergymen” …show more content…
This shows that Dimmesdale didnt come off as the type of person that would do something like that, he was a young pastor who had a good heart, or thats what people thought, and never showed any signs of guilt. In the middle of the story we start to see a change in the way Dimmesdale looks, but also how he acts. He became very ill and was not able to take care of himslef, Roger Chillingworth had to move in with him and take care of him. Hawthorne described Dimmesdales change in appearance as "his form grew emanciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it". Dimmesdale had a very important change after the public shaming of Hester, his hand always stayed over his heart. After a while Dimmesdale didnt seem to be getting any better, but one night he decided to go to the scaffold and tell the town what he did. The reader sees a drastic change in Dimmesdale in these moments. Hawthorne Dimmesdale in this moment that he was "overcome with with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at the scarlet token on his naked breast". He then yelled out what had been eating him away for the last several years, he stated "it is done! The whole town will awake and hurry forth and find me