This book is getting more interesting as I continue to read. Dang, Hawthorne is trully a genius. lol. Well, I feel that as i descend deeper into the book the problems become more complex and captivating. First , the chapter The Leech introduces Mr. Chillingworth then from there to the next chapter where Hawthorne discusses the doctors relationship with the minister...then it goes into the heart of Mr. Dimmensdale; into the core of the problem. Mr.Dimmensdale is trully suffering for sleeping with Hester. His sin is literally killing him slowly. I believe the illness is the sin. The minister's illness and scars that were left from his own beating resembles the shame,pain,and suffering he feels inside. The sin he committed is literally sucking the life out of him. I believe Mr.Chillingworth is a leech because all he is doing is trying to get revenge and only suck all the information Mr.Dimmensdale tells him. I feel some pity towards Mr.Dimmensdale because he is truly suffering and has an enemy in front of his face and he does not even know it. I am not liking this doctor. The sin turned his life black,morbid and gloomy. Throught out his vigil, he cried out in anguish when he stood on the same platform Hester and Pearl stood on when they were being humilated. He truly wants to reveal his dark secret. The people see him as a saint or an angle that was sent from above, so he does not want to tell them and break all thier beliefs.
I believe Hawthorne trully is making a statement about the hypocrisy in men . How better to show that people are hyprocrites by putting a PRIEST to commit such a deadly sin! Hawthorne used the most glorified and sanctified man to commit this sin. I am not condeming Mr.Dimmensdale because I would be a hyprocrite myself, if i do so.I am not perfect and have sinned in my life as well. This priest represents the pain and suffeirng people go through when they have done a sin and kept it to themselves, that would be everybody in this world. I am just saying that everyone carries around a nature to sin because we are ALL human.I feel pity for this man because he is imprisioned , for the fact that he feels he can not tell the real truth because of his image; the way people idolize him. I believe he is suffering more than Hester because he is a priest and would cause extreme pandemonium if he revealed his secret. He would have double the shame. The priest and Hester are brought together by the deed they did , even though Mr.Dimmensdale is not showing that that is the cause of his suffering.
Question: Do you believe that a person is better off to die without confessing thier sins or to confess them while they are alive?
If I would have committed a sin, I would rather try to confess it. I think it is harder to live your daily live, trying to be happy, and yet knowing you have done something wrong. However, one must think of the consequences that come with telling that sin, and how it will affect not only you, but others.
ReplyDeleteWell I would have to say that it depends on how big the sin was. If it was a minor thing such as talking back your parents or rebelling then sure I would confess. However if it was a great sin such as the one from the priest, then I wouldn't confess. I believe that some things are better left unsaid because most of the the time, things that are not confessed hurt others as well as you. I'd rather be hurt myself, than hurt another person.
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