| This chapter and the previous one give an indepth description of a heart of human frailty and sorrow The focus of this chapter continues to be Dimmesdales painful agony as he writhes beneath the burden of a guilt he seems powerless to |
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| confess Along with strong characterizations of Dimmesdale and Chillingworth Hawthorne makes two additions to the plot in this chapter first the confirmation that Chillingworth no longer has doubts about the ministers guilt thus he has |
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| undertaken a planned and successful campaign to wreak vengeance on the man who seduced his wife and fathered a by her second a specific statement about the methods and degrees of Dimmesdales own self punishment Hawthornes irony is evident again in the clever paradox of Dimmesdales futile attempts at public confession His suffering has given him sympathies that cause him to understand the sins of others which results in eloquent and moving sermons The more Dimmesdale asserts his own sinfulness the holier his congregation believes him to be The clergyman is aware that his |
| Your dues are done, you have the power. In this chapter Hawthorne further develops an important thematic purpose by establishing a firm connection between the body and the soul the external representation of the inner character A strange sympathy betwixt soul and body The reader is explicitly lead to interpret the appearances and actions of the characters symbolically with the description of Chillingworths appearance and actions as he uncovers the secret that lay on Dimmesdales bosom The major characters in fact are more important as symbols than real people If their actions seem extraordinary or preternatural to ones sense of reality he should look carefully to the development of the symbol where objects loose their actual substance and become things of intellect See The Custom House commentar Chapter The Interior of a Heart ummary Feeling that he is in full possession of Dimmesdales secret Chillingworth begins his unrelenting torture of the minister subtly tormenting him with comments designed to trigger fear and agony Dimmesdale does not realize Chillingworths motives but he nonetheless comes to fear and abhor him As Dimmesdales suffering becomes more painful and his body grows weaker his popularity among the congregation grows stronger Such mistaken adoration however further tortures Dimmesdale and brings him often to the point of making a public confession that he is Pearls father The ministers sermons are eloquent but his vague assertions of his own sinful nature are taken by his parishioners as further evidence of his holiness S Because Dimmesdale is incapable of confessing that he was Hesters lover and that he is Pearls father the one act necessary to his salvation he substitutes selfpunishment He beats himself with a bloody whip and keeps frequent allnight vigils during which his mind is plagued by frightening visions On one such night while he is seeking peace Dimmesdale dresses carefully in his clerical clothes and leaves the house Analysis |
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