Chapter 23:
83. How does Hawthorne further develop the symbolic importance of the scaffolding during Dimmesdale's sermon?
- When Dimmesdale gives his sermon Hester can feel the scarlet letter brining her and it is important because it shows that both Hester and Dimmesdale are guilty and the scarlet letter has done its job.
84. What did Dimmesdale's sermon foretell for the Puritan people? How do the People react to this message? How does the narrator draw further attention to the growing separation between Hester and Dimmesdale?
- The sermon that Dimmesdale delivers to the Puritan people on Election Day focuses on the relationship between God and mankind. He tells the community that God has chosen the New England to be his people. He has made it possible for them to escape the bonds of England and sent them into the wilderness to begin their lives. the Community is moved believing that this is Dimmesdale's best sermon. They know they are the chosen and their pride in themselves grows. After the sermon Dimmesdale seems to change he has a personal mission now and the bond between him and Hester is now gone. Their secret is revealed so their connection is no longer the one thing that is just theirs.
85. Describe and analyze the significance of each of the main characters' reaction to Dimmesdale's confession. How is each one changed by his confession?
- Chillingworth is upset that is form of torcher is dying, Hester supports him because she knows what he is doing and how hard it must be for him to do it, Pearl kisses him in sympathy; lastly Dimmesdale is relived that he finally got ride of the burden on his shoulders.
86. What are Dimmesdale's last words? Is there anything significant about these words or the situation in which they are spoken?
- Dimmesdale tells Hester to not say anything that it does not matter what others say because the only one who matters is what God thinks; this shows that Dimmesdale knows that it does not matter what others think about him but that the only one who does is God.
- When Dimmesdale gives his sermon Hester can feel the scarlet letter brining her and it is important because it shows that both Hester and Dimmesdale are guilty and the scarlet letter has done its job.
84. What did Dimmesdale's sermon foretell for the Puritan people? How do the People react to this message? How does the narrator draw further attention to the growing separation between Hester and Dimmesdale?
- The sermon that Dimmesdale delivers to the Puritan people on Election Day focuses on the relationship between God and mankind. He tells the community that God has chosen the New England to be his people. He has made it possible for them to escape the bonds of England and sent them into the wilderness to begin their lives. the Community is moved believing that this is Dimmesdale's best sermon. They know they are the chosen and their pride in themselves grows. After the sermon Dimmesdale seems to change he has a personal mission now and the bond between him and Hester is now gone. Their secret is revealed so their connection is no longer the one thing that is just theirs.
85. Describe and analyze the significance of each of the main characters' reaction to Dimmesdale's confession. How is each one changed by his confession?
- Chillingworth is upset that is form of torcher is dying, Hester supports him because she knows what he is doing and how hard it must be for him to do it, Pearl kisses him in sympathy; lastly Dimmesdale is relived that he finally got ride of the burden on his shoulders.
86. What are Dimmesdale's last words? Is there anything significant about these words or the situation in which they are spoken?
- Dimmesdale tells Hester to not say anything that it does not matter what others say because the only one who matters is what God thinks; this shows that Dimmesdale knows that it does not matter what others think about him but that the only one who does is God.