to my fellow english classmate,
i have just finish read the scarlet letter and there is a question tha ti cannot figure out and i wanted ur opinion. do u think that dimmesdale's death was waged upon his sin or of the crafty works of the philistine him self chillingworth. and what do u think was embedded upon his chest.
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ReplyDeleteYou can't say Chillingworth caused all of Dimmesdale's pain. Most of it came from himself. Dimmesdale was burdened with his sin so he tortured himself, his death was caused by the guilt of his sin., in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your second question, embedded upon Dimmesdale's chest was the letter A, in flesh. The beginning of Chapter 24 has more information.Here's a quote from the book:
"Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a scarlet letter--the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne--imprinted in the flesh. As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural. Some affirmed that the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance--which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out--by inflicting a hideous torture on himself. Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs." - The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 24
yea brian. speak the truth
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