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1、TheScarletLetterInthenovelTheScarletLetterHawthorne’scharacterArthurDimmesdaledescendsfromhispriestlycelibacyintoimmoralitythroughhiselicitloveaffairwithHesterPrynne.HesterrefusestogivethenameofherloverupandthroughhersecrecythedescentofDimmesadelebegins.AlthoughinthebookHesteristheonlyoneconvic
2、tedofthiscrime,duetoherinabilitytohideherpregnancy;Dimmesdaleconstantlycondemnshimself.ThroughouttheyearsafterthediscoveryofHester’saffair,thepriestcontinuestospiraldownwardsintoultimateguilt-filleddepression.HecontinuestogrowillandwiththehelpofRogerChillingworthcontinuestobehauntedbyhissin.His
3、ownlashingsonlycontributetothisdeterioration.Avictimofloveandhumanweakness,thepriestloseshislifetoshame.Dimmesdale’srepentanceandsufferingmakehimtheultimatetragichero.Hisactionscondemnedbysocietyandhisfaith,Dimmesdaletriestoreceiveanequalpunishment,oneassevereashislovers,throughhisownremedies.Y
4、ethiseffortsproveworthlessandevendestructive.Hisonlydooroutisconfession.InthenamedmovieTheScarletLetter,HesterreunitedwithDimmesdale.TheytogetherwithPearlmovedoutsidethecommunityandlivedhappilyeverafter.Comparingwiththisendwiththeoriginalendinthenovel,Iprefertheoriginalend.Becausesometimesthetr
5、agedymoreimpressive.Dimmesdale’sconfessionattheendofthenovel,onthescaffolding,hisgriefisreleasedandhissupremesatisfactionallowstheultimaterelease;death.Dimmesdale’saffairwastrulyanactoflove,yetthestrictPuritansocietyinwhichhelivesinandtherulesinwhichhelivesbydidnotallowhimtoopenlyexpresshissinw
6、ithoutfearoftotalreprimandanddisapprovalofthepeople.Hishiddensinpressesuponhisback,andtheweightofhispainistoomuch.Infacinghisresponsibilityandconfessing,itiseasytoseeDimmesadleasthetragicheroofHawthorne’sTheScarletletter.DestroyedbyChillingworthlieandguilt,DimmesdalediesinHester'sarms,andsomese
7、eascarletAonhischest.Destroyedbyhissingle-mindedquestforvengeance,ChillingworthbequeathshisvastestatestoPearl,wholeavesAmericatoliveabroad,deprivingAmericaofallsherepresents.ThebookendswithanallusiontoAndrewMarvell'spoem"TheUnfort
