Thursday, November 5, 2009

This is the answer to your question... :)

  • One of the images that pops into my head, when I think about these chapters is when Dimmesdale and Chillingworth spot Pearl dancing in the graveyard one night. When Pearl notices that they have spotted her she drags her mother away sating that the "black man" has already gotten the minister and he must not get them as well. This impressed me because I wasn't expecting this to happen at all.

  • The next picture that was most vivid to me was when Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl all three stand on the scaffold holding hands. They did this one night while everyone was asleep. This picture really is important to me beacuse it is like their family has been reunited in a way. While they were all standing on the scaffold together Pearl asks Dimmesdale if he will join them tomorrow, when Hester and Pearl have to return to the scaffold and stand in front of everyone. Dimmesdale turns down the invetation and tells Pearl that one day he will.

  • My last and final picture that is a very important part of this book is what Dimmesdale has locked up in his closet. Dimmesdale has a whip with hooks attached to it, in which he uses to beat himseld everyday. He does this because he is punishing himself for his "sin." This part of the book freaks me out because I don't understand how any one person could cause himself so much pain for one little mistake. No one person is perfect everyone makes mistakes.

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