The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale's Suffering Of Pain And Guilt
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In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Arthur Dimmesdale suffered the most pain and guilt throughout the entire
book. He experienced a prodigious amount of pain that caused guilt from
his sin. Dimmesdale inflicted self-punishment due to his unforgiving guilt.
He also f ....
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.... Prynne,” cried he, with piercing earnestness, “in
the name of Him, so terrible and so merciful, who gives me
grace, at this last moment, to do what -for my own heavy sin
and miserable agony- I withheld myself from doing seven years
ago, come hither now, and twine thy strength about me! Thy
strength, Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God
hath granted me! This wretched and wronged old man is
opposing it with all his might!- with all his own might, and
the fiend ....
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