Emily+Dimmesdale

Hello, I am Arthur Dimmesdale, and I would consider myself to be a pretty cowardly man. It is because of my fear that I forced a woman into living on the outskirts of town to raise her child on her own. That child, however, was mine as well.

I was a man of God until Hester Prynne came into my life, and always delivered meaningful sermons to the public.

I had an extremely guilty consience from all of the events that seemed to consume my life, so I began to "punish" myself by lashing myself, and staying up all night praying to God for forgiveness.

Alas, my guilt overtook me, and I confessed my sin to the town upon the scaffold which they made Hester stand on everyday of her life. My last breathes were telling Hester, the woman that loved me, the mother of my child, that everything that had occured between us had been a sin, and that we could never be with each other. Not once did I ever return the love to her that she gave to me, and sadly I never will. 