Part one of term paper
In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Dimmesdale suffered the most pain and guilt throughout the entire book. He experienced a prodigious amount of pain that caused guilt from his sin. Dimmesdale inflicted self-punishment due to his unforgiving guilt. He also felt enormous pain when the townspeople praise ...

Part two of term paper
... he quietly stood there, and led people to believe that he also condemned her. During those long seven years he made no move to lessen her load or his own. He cursed his silence and cowardice. Towards the end of the book when he is confessing, it is clear by his words how guilty he really felt: ‘“Hester Prynne,” cried he, with piercing earnestness, “in the name of Him, so terrible and so merciful, who gives me grace, at this last moment, to do what -for my own heavy sin and miser ...