The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a remarkable American novel. Hawthorne created this story to have many different characters. The main characters of this book are Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Most of these main characters evolved throughout the book, however, this is not true for all of them. Despite Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale evolving throughout The Scarlet Letter, the only character that did not change was Chillingworth, who was introduced
novel The Scarlet Letter, the minister Dimmesdale shows the effects of keeping a secret. The Scarlet Letter takes place during the 1630’s in the Massachusett Bay colony and revolves around Hester Prynne, a puritan woman who keeps the secret that minister was her lover. This secret created an enigma for Dimmsdale, whether to fall into the guilt of not revealing the truth or to face the fears of losing his esteemed position. Through Dimmesdale's’ interactions
of Man in the Scarlet Letter For as long as can be remembered, toddlers are made familiar with biblical stories, and are made to believe there is a heaven and a hell. Famous novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne continues this tradition in his famous novel The Scarlet Letter, where he tells the story of a woman who has committed a heinous sin in her community and is forced to spend the rest of her life in complete isolation from society. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famed novel The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne creates
The Scarlet Letter carries many themes and one major theme is “sin”. As the three main characters carry on many sins throughout the this novel which are Dimmesdale, Chillingsworth, and Hester Prynne. These three major characters carry a big role in the society, Dimmesdale being the minister and Chillingsworth being the doctor and Hester being a housewife. In the novel Hester wears her sin on her chest the letter “A” reminding her of her sin every single day of her life. There is Dimmesdale who
Arthur Dimmesdale is a fictional character in the book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Dimmesdale is a minister in Boston, Massachusetts, and has a daughter with the town’s least favorite person,and the protagonist of the novel, Hester Prynne, in which the townspeople are unaware of. ... Throughout the novel, Dimmesdale struggles with internal conflicts to try and keep his secret of adultery to himself. He sees Hester Prynne and her struggle with society's judgement and hatred