Scarlet Letter Arthur Dimmesdale
In The Scarlet Letter, Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is considered a honourable person by almost everyone in the town. ... On the contrary, Dimmesdale feels that he is a terrible person for committing this sin and not admitting it to the townspeople. ... Arthur Dimmesdale is not very honourable and does not deserve any praise whatsoever. ... Dimmesdale is not courageous enough to tell the town that he was the one who committed adultery with Hester and the one who deserved to stand in the scaffold with Hester and Pearl while they are being punished openly by the townspeoples stares and whispers. ... Besides being a coward, Arthur Dimmesdale is also a masochist. ... Following the example of Hesters scarlet letter, Dimmesdale decides to make the "scarlet letter" appear not just in his heart, but on his chest as well.