The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1613 Words

The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 is a dark romanticism. The novel was written about two main characters Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale and their forbidden love. Hester and Dimmesdale have committed sin by having an affair, which leads to the conflicts in the story. The affair it self-was forbidden because Hester was a married woman and Arthur was a minister. Is the relationship between Hester and Dimmesdale true love? What is true love anyways? There are many ways that these questions can be answered, but one thing is for sure this story line is complicated in many ways. During the setting of the novel, it was common for a woman to be married to a man that she did not love. Hester is the†¦show more content†¦Years have the past and her youth has faded. Hester’s happiness has disappeared. Dimmesdale is a minister who is well respected in the puritan community. He is also the secret lover of Hester Prynne and the father of Pearl. Hes ter is the one who is publicly shamed for the adultery while Dimmesdale suffers quietly behind closed doors. His guilty has taken a physical toll on him. He allows her to stuff alone to be stunned by the community, as he lives his life. Does Dimmesdale truly love Hester as much as she loves him? He loves Hester, however, he loves himself more. Hester’s love for Dimmesdale is a major force in her life, and she lives for him and her child. She proves her love for Dimmesdale toward the beginning of the novel when is repeatedly asked to announce who the father is of her child. Never! replied Hester Prynne, looking, not at Mr. Wilson, but into the deep and troubled eyes of the younger clergyman. It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony as well as mine! Speak, woman! said another voice, coldly and sternly, proceeding from the crowd about the scaffold, Speak; and give your child a father! I will not speak! answered Hester, turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognized. And my