The Scarlet Letter

Novel | Nathaniel Hawthorne

Describe Dimmesdale's Death Scene in “The Scarlet Letter.”

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Describe Dimmesdale's death scene in The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne - is a famous American writer His masterpiece The Scarlet Letter is an allegorical romance fiction In chapter Dimmesdale is falling in the lap of death This scene is described below with a reference to the novel The Scarlet Letter Frustration of guilt In the third scaffold scene there is a great crisis in Dimmesdale In the novel Dimmesdale is individually frustrated because his beloved has been punished for their secret sin But he should also get punished For his mental agony he becomes frustrated The frustration and guilt vanish in the third scaffold scene through Dimmesdale's death Revelation of the scarlet letter In the crowd Dimmesdale has revealed the actual fact and opened his breast where he wore the scarlet letter A as a sign of adultery like Hester It is the most important scene of the novel where

the climax of the novel has reached its peak Revealing Pearl's identity In the third scene we notice that Dimmesdale recognizes Pearl as his daughter He asks Pearl to kiss him From this perspective we can clearly understand that Pearl's true identity emerges through Dimmesdale's death Pearl kissed his lips A spell broken The great scene of grief in which the wild infant bore a part had developed all her sympathies Now we may conclude that the death scene of Dimmesdale is of utmost importance in turning the story Dimmesdale confesses his guilt before his death which becomes a source of mental peace for Hester' and Pearl

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