What type of work does Chillingworth take on in New England? What does Dimmesdale believe he sees when the meteor lights up the night sky?
How does Pearl react when she first sees her mother without the scarlet A? What makes Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale finally feel hope about their future? Why does Hester choose the forest to meet Dimmesdale and Chillingworth?
What does the last sentence of the novel mean? Society Empathy. Literary Devices Symbols. Chillingworth's name contains " Chilling" which symbolizing his coldness towards the minister Dimmesdale while he was still alive. Dimesdale on the other hand, contains the word "Dim" in his name.
This suggests his lack of a "bight" future, darkened by his guilt. Dimmesdale's name is symbolic of the sin that he has committed by having the affair with Hester. The word "Dim" is in his name shows how he truly feels guilty about being Pearl's father. When hearing the name Chillingworth, he sounds like a cold Chilling and sadistic man who will go to many lengths to discover who Pearl's father is.
Their personalities can be seen in the symbolic natures of their names. Dimmesdale has the root Dim in it and accurately describes the character. In the story Dimmesdale lacks both the courage and spark to do the right thing, lying to and conforming with his strict Puritanical community. Which is ironic because as a minister he is a prominent leader in his community and is supposed to both follow the rules and actually believe in the common convictions.
Chillingsworth has the root Chill' in it, which is an accurate characteristic of the character. His lack of empathy and emotion result in rather drastic actions and leave the reader slightly disturbed. The names "Chillingworth" and "Dimmesdale" accurately describe their characters in The Scarlet Letter.
He doggedly pursues and torments Dimmesdale while trying to figure out who the other adulterer was. The "worth" can describe how he acts stuck up and better than others. This name, I think, describes him very well. He comes from a dull, boring, no-nonsense Puritan society who has a bleak outlook on life. He also cannot bear the shame and guilt of committing a sin, which makes him weak, like a 'dim' light. He is solely interested in revenge and enjoys seeing Dimmesdale deteriorate.
While Hester was expected to be loving and loyal, Chillingworth showed her little affection and ignored her often. His heart is destined to give out because it simply cannot take the guilt. The author's use of the name Chillingworth gives off an ominous and disturbing feeling. Not only does his name include "chilling", it also includes "worth". Chillingworth finds it worth his time to cause Reverend Dimmesdale indirect and prolonged agony and guilt in order to get revenge.
Without even knowing Chillingworth's motivation to hurt Dimmesdale, the reader is given a disturbing feeling from the medicine man. Reverend Dimmesdale, as stated many times before, contains the word "dim".
This exemplifies the fact that Dimmesdale believes he is to suffer eternal damnation for his actions with Hester as well as being a hypocrite and giving sermons each Sunday. Dimmesdale does not believe that his situation will ever get better and therefore has a grim outlook on life. Chillingworth's and Dimmesdale's names can be symbolic in variety of ways. As most would say Chillingworth's name has "chilling" in it thus symbolizing his personality and his actions.
Additionally, his name has "worth" in it, maybe asking the question; what is he "worth"? He certainly was not worthy enough to Hester. Chillingworth could be seeking revenge to prove what he is worth, and he trying to find his value in the situation. Furthermore, the common analogy of Dimmesdale is that his name contains "dim" in meaning that he is in the shadows of the towns people.
He lives with guilt and sin but the people do not know his sin due to the way he lives without telling the truth. In the his eyes his representation would then dim due to the sin he committed and in the end his future is dim with his death. Hawthorne uses the names "Chillingworth" and "Dimmesdale" as symbols to describe the nature of the two characters.
Dimmesdale's name contains the word "dim," connoting his dim outlook on life and waning vitality due to his severe guilt, as well as his dim fate of death after years of emotional torment. Chillingworth's name contains the word "chilling," referencing his merciless determination to annihilate Dimmesdale's life force. The name Chillingworth suits his character well, portraying he is "cold" and lacks compassion as he seeks revenge in his wife. Hester's contrasting courage and strength serves to emphasize Dimmesdale's weakness as a character.
The name "Dimmesdale" is symbolic in that it contains the word "Dim" which represents how he is always grim, stressed and guilty throughout the book.
This portrays him as a very weak and even scared character. The name "Chillingworth" is symbolic in that it contains the word "Chill" which represents his cold heart that only strives for revenge. It shows how Chillingworth is truly an evil and "cold" character. Discuss the symbolism of the names "Dimmesdale" and "Chillingworth.
Arthur Dimmesdale, like Hester Prynne, is an individual whose identity owes more to external circumstances than to his innate nature. The reader is told that Dimmesdale was a scholar of some renown at Oxford University.
His past suggests that he is probably somewhat aloof, the kind of man who would not have much natural sympathy for ordinary men and women. However, Dimmesdale has an unusually active conscience. The fact that Hester takes all of the blame for their shared sin goads his conscience, and his resultant mental anguish and physical weakness open up his mind and allow him to empathize with others.
Consequently, he becomes an eloquent and emotionally powerful speaker and a compassionate leader, and his congregation is able to receive meaningful spiritual guidance from him.
This drives Dimmesdale to further internalize his guilt and self-punishment and leads to still more deterioration in his physical and spiritual condition.
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