Reverend Dimmesdale represents a figure of guidance in The Scarlet Letter- For me, this represents both dramatic irony and hypocrisy. In this explication I intend to look at Dimmesdale's character through an analytical lense......he, in a way, is a contradiciton to himself.
I want to analyze both his character traits and his many speeches and sermons in order to show to the readers the "deeper meaning" of Dimmesdale himself. I will look at:
-first sermon, one where Hester is on the scaffold... pg 62/ 63
-the people's view of their young minister
- the physical agony Dimmesdale is put through
- Chillingworths view of the minister (he is the only one that truly views him as a hypocrite)
-Dimmesdale's opinion on his own sin pg 124/125/126
Its like a really super rough draft.....I honestly don't know how i'm going to format it etc... Luckily I have till monday!!
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hey ... umm there is a good hypocrit quote on page 62 line 18 (just read the page) that would go well with this. you might already know this but........
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ReplyDeleteThough this post is very short, I know from the conversation we had on Friday that the approach you're taking seems to be a productive one. Unfortunately, with so little to comment on here, I'll just have to wait for your initial draft.