The Scarlet Letter

The Destruction of Arthur Dimmesdale In the book The Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was involved in a scandal involving adultery. Dimmesdale was greatly affected by the commission of the sin. Dimmesdale’s health is destroyed after everyone the sin is found out. Before the incident he is a healthy young man, after he has to use a cane to walk and is always pale: “The health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently begun to fail. …

…his religious life is almost completely ruined. By not confessing the sin which he committed, Dimmesdale’s health fades and he begins slowly dying. “When poor Mr. Dimmesdale was thinking of his grave, he questioned with himself whether the grass would ever grow on it, because an accursed thing must there be buried!” (139) Arthur Dimmesdale plays a pivotal part in the book The Scarlet Letter. He is greatly affected by the commission of the sin