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A 3 page paper which examines the character of Dimmesdale as he lived by appearance rather than reality in Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. No additional sources cited.
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of breaking Gods law as well as the law of the people, although no one but himself and his lover Hester know this. He is a man who clearly presents
himself as the spiritual leader of the people, but a man who will not admit the truth. In that respect he is a man who is determined, until the end,
to live in appearances rather that truth, or reality. The following paper examines his character in this position. Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter
Dimmesdales lover was Hester, a married woman. She took the blame for her adulterous behavior, which was discovered because she became pregnant with Dimmesdales child. She was confronted
about who the father was, even by Dimmesdale himself, and she would not tell. This truly illustrates how Dimmesdale was a man who lived by appearances as he asks her
to tell who the father is, knowing full well it is himself: "Hester Prynne... I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer!" (Hawthorne III). He
stands in front of the people, his spiritual students, and clearly will not take any responsibility for the adulterous behavior of Hester, or at least no responsibility outwardly. Later in
the story the reader discovers that he has branded himself permanently with an "A" to pay for his sins. But, he is not a man who will openly show to
others that he is guilty and thus is relying on his appearance as a reverend. This is also seen, even earlier, when it is noted how, "People say, said
another, that the Reverend Master Dimmesdale, her godly pastor, takes it very grievously to heart that such a scandal should have come upon his congregation" (Hawthorne II). The reader knows
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