Monday, September 2, 2013
Disappoinment & Dimmesdale.
I was really disappoint with Dimmesdale by the end of chapter 20. After having a somewhat revival of Hester and himself and making plans to flee to Europe to be together, Dimmesdale is still concerned with writing a new sermon for "Election Day". It's kind of like a slap to the face. Really Dimmesdale? You and Hester make plans to flee together off to Europe but you still won't reveal yourself and are concerned with a sermon to give to the society that is pushing you to flee because the act you have committed with Hester is a great iniquity? It's just like wow, I don't know. I feel like Dimmesdale still isn't ready to abandon his position, like he's still struggling with internal conflicts to be true to himself. You'd think if you were really read to be happy with your lover and child you'd throw that sermon to the ground with no regards. Then again there is the chance that Dimmesdale is planning to reveal himself within this new sermon he's writing. Dimmesdale was having ideas of revealing what a fake or phony he was ( I can't exactly remember what he said but it was along those lines) but who knows. I hope he does intend on revealing himself in the sermon and that's the reason hes concerned on writing it for Election Day, if not I most likely will loose hope in Dimmesdale.
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that is exactly what i thought! i was really astonished at his actions and i said "really? you seriously choose a position over your family?"i think its like high school in a way, because in our era and society we are criticized everyday for who we date or who we hang out with. its the thought of others that make us second guess what we have to do and where in society do we fit in. Hester is going towards transcendentalism, while Dimmsdale is the opposite.
ReplyDeleteI think Dimmesdale has just kind of lost it because he did things to people he would never do. Even though he isn't seeing Roger anymore, I think Chillingworth still has control over him because Dimmesdale has become a little wicked and not his genuine self. I am disappointed in Dimmesdale because so far in the story, he is a big coward.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing before too. I didn't want to believe what i was reading haha. It just seemed so sad to see Dimmesdale seem like a coward and actually think about leaving his family in the past just so he could keep on living the present with a lie.
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