Sunday, October 21, 2012

Blog #17


The Scarlet Letter: I feel sympathetic for both Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. Although, I feel more sympathetic for Dimmesdale, because Dimmesdale had to suffer a guilt he could not have gotten rid of. I feel some sympathy towards Killingworth because; he did lose his wife and promised revenge towards Dimmesdale for taking his wife away from him. It seems like a painful death to die from drinking and feel Chillingworth's sorrow for his failures and sorrow. Dimmesdale, on the other hand, suffered greatly, more of which Chillingworth did. Dimmesdale had a daughter and had to pretend that it was not his daughter; he had a lover and could not be seen with her in public. I slowly realized how much Dimmesdale loved Hester and Pearl, and that is also why I feel sympathetic for him, he wanted to have a family and could not because Hester is known for her scarlet A. It is also sad that in the end, Dimmesdale revealed his chest with an A just like what Hester had on her, and Dimmesdale died leaving both Hester and Pearl on their own.




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