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The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale's Suffering Of Pain And Guilt
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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Arthur Dimmesdale suffered the most pain and guilt throughout the entire
book. He experienced a prodigious amount of pain that caused guilt from
his sin. Dimmesdale inflicted self-punishment due to his unforgiving guilt.
He also f ....
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....pted her as his child.
“Dost thou thinkest the child will be glad to know me?” (p.193)
“So thou thinkest the child will love me?” (p.237)
Arthur Dimmesdale felt so much guilt that he became a masochist,
and used chains and whips to beat himself in his closet:
“His inward trouble drove him to practices more in accordance
with the old, corrupted faith of Rome than with the better light
of the church in which he had been born and bred. In Mr.
Dimmesdale’s secret closet, under lock and key.... |
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