once before, But I was not with you. Come up hither once again, and we will stand all three together!" The trio stood up there together, Pearl in the middle. When Dimmesdale took Pearl’s hand, "...there came what seemed a tumultuous rush of life, other life than his own, pouring like a torrent into his heart and hurrying through all his veins, as if the mother and the child were communicating their vital warmth to his half-torpid system. The three formed an electric chain."(p.148) Although Dimmesdale did not openly acknowledge Hester and Pearl, he got a taste of how good it felt to go open with his secret. When Dimmesdale finally went open with his sin was in the last scaffold scene, where he tells the community what he did in the daytime. The good that telling the truth did for Dimmesdale shows how the secrecy was really hurting him. Here he is seen with a strange strength to confront his advisories (as was seen in the governor’s house). Dimmesdale finally can face his actions and the consequences that the truth has. He throws off all assistance with a "fierceness, so determined was he to speak out the whole."(p.237)All these changes illustrate how guilt and deception are destructive.ChillingsworthRoger Chilligsworth exemplifies the theme that revenge and hatred can destroy a person. When he is first mentioned in the book, he is but a mere observer of Hester’s punishment. But it is soon evident that he is Hester’s husband. From very early on the reader can soon see that Chillingsworth is a very evil person whose goal in life is to destroy Hester’s lover. From the time that "his face darkened with some powerful emotion"(p.67) when first seeing Hester on the scaffold, Chillingsworth’s face has evil reflected on it.The hatred on Chillingworth’s face is seen by many. They affirmed that his aspect had undergone a remarkable change -- especially since he abode with Dimmesdale. "...t...
