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Arthur Dimmesdale's Physical Appearance
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Arthur Dimmesdale's Physical Appearance
Created by: Samantha DeMaria
12. 01. 2018.
First Appearance
First Appearance
Chapter 3, Page 63
"He was a person of very striking aspect, with a white lofty, and impending brow, large, brown, melancholy eyes, and a mouth which, unless when he forcibly compressed it, was apt to be tremulous, expressing both nervous sensibility and a vast power of self restraint."
First Appearance
Chapter 3, Page 63
"[...]There was an air about this young minister- an apprehensive, a startles, a half-frightened look- as of a being who felt himself quite astray and at a loss in the pathway of human existence, and could only be at ease in some seclusion of his own."
First Appearance
First Appearance
Chapter 3, Page 63
"[...] thus kept himself simple and childlike, coming forth, when occasion was, with a freshness, and fragrance, and dewy purity of though, which, as many people said, affected them like the speech of an angel."
First Appearance
Significance in Reflection of Character
Significance
- Originally healthy, although something is a bit off
- Learned, fit, trustworthy appearance
- "Melancholy eyes" contrast this
Changes
Chapter 9, Page 113
"About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently begun to fail."
Changes
Changes
Chapter 9, Page 113
"His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; he was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain."
Changes
Changes
Chapter 11, Page 134
"The aged members of his flock, beholding Mr. Dimmesdale's frame so feeble while they were themselves so rugged in their infirmity, believed that he would go heavenward before them."
Changes
Significance
Significance
- His illness grows with his guilt
- Hiding the truth is literally deteriorating him
In the boat scene, we see how his mood makes his appearance change
The Boat Scene
Chapter 20, Page 206
“But he leaped across the plashy places, thrust himself through the clinging underbrush, climbed the ascent, plunged into the hollow, and overcame, in short, all the difficulties of the track was an unweariable activity that astonished him. He could not but recall how feebly, and with what frequent pauses for breath, he had toiled over the same ground only two days before.”
In the boat scene, we see how his mood makes his appearance change
Boat
Scene
Chapter 20, Page 208
“He absolutely trembled an turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself [...] And even with this terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister’s impiety. ”