Amanda Doerr
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Amanda Doerr's Comment: This section is the first happy point in the novel in a while. Dimmesdale and Hester decide to leave Boston and go back to Europe. This gives them a fresh new start that Hester Dimmesdale and Pearl all need. Dimmesale states that this is so much of a better life and he wonders why they had not thought of it sooner. He states that his dark days are over, he has risen up and rid himself of his sick sin-stained and sorrow character and is going to be a new man. I think that it is a little presumptious to be so happy already when they do not know what lies ahead of them. Even if they do leave and get a new start they still have to carry around the sins that they have committed. They cannot completely forget their past and parts of the dark days that they have lived through will always be with them no matter where they run away too.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: This paragraph in the novel shows Dimmesdale and Hester sitting side by side for the first time in years in the woods. It says that life had never brought them a gloomier or more sad hour and this is significant because for the first time they are at a point where they have nothing left to say or do. All they can do is accept the fact that Chillingworth is there to destroy their lives and try to think of ways to avoid him. The paragraph says that the trees are telling sad stories of the two to each other. This is a dark point in the novel and i think that Hester and Dimmesdale are both at a loss of ideas. They do not know what to do or how to proceed now that each of them knows the truth about Chillingworth. Dimmesdale says that he forgives Hester for not telling him sooner like she should have. It says that he shows only sadness not anger towards hester.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's comment: In this paragraph minister Dimmesdale has just found out that the doctor Chillingworth that has been "caring" for his for the past couple years was in fact her husband. He is so shocked that his face transforms into this dark person that Hester hardly recognizes. Dimmesdales frown is so black and fierce, Hester has never seen a frown so intense. I think that she feels badly about tis because she has caused him so much pain over the past years and he is just finding out that all of this pain is partly because of her. The transformation only lasts a coupe seconds through because Dimmesdale is so weak and is struggling with his pain that he sinks to the ground and buries his face in his hands. I think that it is not fair to place all of the blame on Hester. This part of the novel makes Hester seem like the main cause of his pain but he is keeping this secret and causing his own pain.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: Throughout the novel minister Dimmesdale is portrayed as being weak and always grasping his heart as though he is in great pain. In these paragraphs Hester is telling Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is trying to torture him and he is living under his own roof. Dimmesdale reacts by gasping for breath and once again putting his hand over his heart. It almost seems like he is having a heart attack. I think that Hester feels bad for Dimmesdale and feels as though it is her fault for all the pain and troubles that have been bestowed upon Dimmesdale. I don't think that Hester should feel so bad because the same amount of blame should be put on Dimmesdale as is put on Hester. I also think that the pain in his heart is from keeping the secret that he is the one responsible for Hester being pregnant. He needs to admit his sin and move forward with his life.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: Throughout the novel minister Dimmesdale is portrayed as being weak and always grasping his heart as though he is in great pain. In these paragraphs Hester is telling Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is trying to torture him and he is living under his own roof. Dimmesdale reacts by gasping for breath and once again putting his hand over his heart. It almost seems like he is having a heart attack. I think that Hester feels bad for Dimmesdale and feels as though it is her fault for all the pain and troubles that have been bestowed upon Dimmesdale. I don't think that Hester should feel so bad because the same amount of blame should be put on Dimmesdale as is put on Hester. I also think that the pain in his heart is from keeping the secret that he is the one responsible for Hester being pregnant. He needs to admit his sin and move forward with his life.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: In this section Pearl is confused about why the sun will not touch her mother. She states to Hester that the sun "runs away and hides itself" from her. She thinks it is because the sun is afraid of the scarlet letter on her bosom. Pearl tells her mom that she wants to go touch the sun light and that she is just a child and does not wear the scarlet letter so she should be able to touch the sun light. Hester feels bad and tells Pearl to go chase after the sun because it will soon be gone. Pearl runs after the sun light and does eventually catch it and this makes Hester happy, but at the same time i think Hester feels bad for bestowing this burden upon her daughter even though she did nothing to deserve it. She just wants Pearl to live a normal life and the scarlet letter makes this very difficult.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: In this part of the novel Pearl is questioning Hester about the Scarlet letter that she has worn on her chest for all of Pearl's life. She asks why she wears it and why the minister keeps his hand over his heart at times. Hester says to Pearl that she does not know why Minister Dimmesdale keeps his hand over his heart. Hester also says that Pearl should not be inquiring about questions like that; that they are not questions appropriate for children of Pearls age. Hester struggles throughout the novel with the decision to tell Pearl what the Scarlet letter means. I think that Hester is somewhat embarassed to tell her daughter what the letter means, and also i think she doesn't think that Pearl will fully understand what the letter means and she doesn't want her to know until she will understand.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: In this section of the novel Hester is questioning Pearl to see if she truly understands the meaning of the scarlet letter which she wears. Pearl is playing around and makes a letter A on her chest out of seaweed and Hester wonders if Pearl understands the concept behind the scarlet letter. Hester struggles throughout this novel with the decision to either hide the true meaning of the scarlet letter or to explain to her daughter what it stands for. She doesn't know if Pearl is old enough and mature enough to understand the meaning and be able to handle the truth. I think that Hester should tell Pearl the truth instead of hiding it and keeping it a secret. She is bound to find out the meaning some day and it is better to tell her the truth earlier.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: I think that in this paragraph the reader gets a good description of how Chillingworth really looks and acts now. Hawthorne states that Chillingworth is a deformed old figure that haunts men's memories. Hester is watching him gather roots and shrubs and it is hard for her because she wonders if he is gathering these roots for good or for evil. He could be gathering them to either save Dimmesdale or to kill him. This paragraph shows that Chillingworth has a lot of power in his hands and that Hester is almost helpless to this fact. Chillingworth picking the roots is almost symbolic to the fact that if he is picking roots for good he could fly away to heaven, but if he is picking poisonus roots he will sink into the earth, or hell. This re-enforces the fact that Chillingworth puts a great amount of stress on Hester at every minute of every day.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Amanda Doerr's Comment: In this paragraph Chillingworth is arguing with Hester about how he is torturing Dimmesdale. He states that he is not intentionally trying to hurt Dimmesdale, but he knows that Dimmesdale is a coward and the one who committed adultery with Hester. I think that Chillingworth is just trying to cover up and act innocent to the fact that he is truly evil and wants to ruin Dimmesdales and Hester's lives. He says that Dimmesdale's spirit lacks the strengh that Hester has to bear a burden like the scarlet letter. For the past years Dimmesdale has been hiding the fact that he is Pearls father and that he has committed a sin just as great as Hester. In my opinion this is still no reason for Chillingworth to try to destroy Dimmesdales life. Chillingworth also states that the way DImmesdale is creeping about disgusts him but he does the same thing.
The Scarlet Letter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
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