Tuesday, October 5, 2010

the scarlet letter, symbol 4

Chapter 2

Mr. Dimmesdale

He is the one that has to judge Hester Prynne as she stands on the scaffold. People would compare him to the angel because he was a very silent, well educated man from England how wandered alone as often as he could. In the text he seems pretty lost, the relationship between Mistress Prynne and Mr Dimmesdale are tense. It seems like they must have met before. Mr. Dimmesdale is responsible for for Hester Prynne's soul, but it doesn't seem like he wants to be it, maybe if they met before it has to do with something that happened?

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