Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Chapter 15 and 16
At one point early in their discussion in the forest, Hester tells Dimmsdale, "You wrong yourself in this...You have deeply and sorely repented...Is there no reality in the pentinence thus sealed and witnesses by good works?" Dimmsdale responds, "'Of penance I have had enough! Of penitence there has been none!'" What distinction is Dimmsdale drawing? Give some examples of his penance. (Hint look up both penance and pentinence so you know the difference!)
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An example of his penance is his fasting in his guilt. He is saying he does has tried for penance and it is failiing. He'll only be able to forgive himeself when he reveals himself
ReplyDeleteDimmsdale shows his penance when he goes out to the scaffold, holds his heart, has guilt, and fasts. But the thing is he will always feel guilty until he faces his punishment, which is ironically death.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Dimmsdale penance is his fasting in his guilt, and also when he goes out to the scaffold and holds his heart. He is basically saying that he is doing miserable and he can't face his punishment because there is nothing he can do, until he dies. The only way he can feel good about himself is if he reveals himself to the community.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance through fasting, staying up all night, going out to the scaffold, and by holding his hand over his heart. He is saying that he has done everything he can to express his guilt and sorrow, but it isn't working at all because everyday he is becomming worse. The only way to truely relieve his pain is to confess or die.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance by the way he's treating himself. Dimmesdale forces himself to stay awake, whips himself, fasts and screams out in pain. However he still has guilt inside of him, and all of his penance is not making it go away. He believes that if he confesses to the public about what he did wrong, his guilt will be gone.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance with his actions. He puts himself through mental and physical pain. He whips himself and stays up all night. Sometimes he goes to scaffold and just screams. He also fasts himself. He wants to get the guilt off his chest, but can't because he doesnt want to confess to the public.
ReplyDeleteBy Fasting, staying awake at night, and whipping himself Dimmesdale demonstrates penance. Going to the scaffold is also another example. Dimmesdale still feels guilty and wishes to confess but his fear of what the way the public may react holds him back. So the only other way he can reieve his suffuring is by death.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance by his fasting, whipping, going to the scaffold, and holding his heart. He always will feel guilty until he either confesses his sins or dies.
ReplyDeleteIncidents of Dimmesdale's penance are expressed by his clutching of his heart and his fasting. He feels this guilt because he has left Hester to bare all of the punishment. If he wants to free himself of that pain then he must die with his confession.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between penance and pentinence is that penance means the punishment of an action and pentience is regret for the action. One of dimmesdale's penances he causes himself is fasting to where he is in so much pain he has to clutch at his heart. When really the only way he will ever free him self of the regret is to die.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Dimmesdale's penance is all of the ways that the tortures himself. He fasts as well as does other things because he feels guilty about the situation.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale's penance can easily be identified by the things he does, such as fasting, and visiting the scaffold. The only thing to solve this is death which he is comfortable with.
ReplyDeleteHe shows penance in the many ways from screaming his guilt from the scaffold to clutching at his heart freqently. What Dimmesdale says is that he feels terrible for the sins and he has not rid himself of the guilt and the only way that can happen is dying alone.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale's penance can be seen through his actions. For instance, he fasts, prays, and visits the scaffold one night crying. Dimmesdale is truly sorry for his sins and the only way he can rid himself of his guilt is by dying, which he doesn't mind.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale feels the only way he can get rid of his guilt is by dying. He is very sorry for his sins and does want to tell everybody but is to scared of what will happen to him when he does tell. Dimmesdales penance is shown in many way. He fast prays visits the scaffold and gives himself a scarlet letter for himself that is hidden from sight.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance by the way he is treating himself by fasting and going to the scaffold. In order to fix this though he has to confess or die.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance by fasting, holding vigils,and beating himself. In his conversation with Hester he is saying that he has shown penance but not pentinence. Pentinence would be regret for the sin but he is saying that he doesn't regret it.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance by the things he is doing to himself. He fast, whips himslef, and stays up all night. He even goes to the scaffold and screams in guilt. The point he is trying to get across is that he has tried everything to reveal and relieve his guilt but nothing is working. The only real way to relieve his guilty pain is to confess to the public or die.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale is saying how all these faults have been made, they've been on himself and brought because of choices he has made. When he beats himself, holds vigils, and repents.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale punishes himself through penance he endures tremendous guilt, the stress makes him ill, he involuntarily grabs his chest, and he constantly fasts. Dimmesdale will never be at peace with himself until he reveals his sin to the community.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance when he goes on the scaffold at night and fasts. He thinks that will help him, but the only way he will truly be able to get rid of his guilt is if or when he reveals himself and confesses to what he did.
ReplyDeleteSome examples of Dimmesdale's penance was whipping himself, starving himself for a number of days, and going to the scafold so that he could reveal the sin that he commited to the town.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shoms his penance by driving himself to be a miserable human being. He whips himself, he fasts, he even gets up on the scaffold himself. But, he will never be penitent until he has announced his sin to the town.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale might be drawing that he can't be forgiven through what he did. Some examples of his penance might include his fasting, spirtitual pain, and whipping himself to have punishment for his sins.
ReplyDeleteExamples of penance are when Dimmesdale goes to the scaffold, holds his hand over his heart, fasts, and whips himself. He is saying that nothing will relieve the guilt he feels unless he either confesses to the community or dies.
ReplyDeleteExamples of Dimmesdale's pennance is the actions he takes upon himself. He starves and whips himself to punish him. He cannot get rid of his bad conscience until he confesses and takes the punishment the community will give him or eventually dies.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance when he whips himself, when he fasts, and when he goes to the scaffold. Dimmesdale is saying that he feels really guilty about what happened and he wants to repent and be forgiven. But he is too afraid of what the public might say, so he feels the only way to have relief from him guilt is death.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance through his actions such as fasting, sleepless nights, going out to the scaffold, and by holding his hand over his heart. He says he has done everything to express his guilt, but he is progressively becoming worse. The only way to truely relieve his pain is to confess or die.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance by fasting, not sleeping, preaching stronger sermons, going to the scaffold, and clutching his heart. He is saying that he's tried everything for his sin, but nothing is working. He either has to confess his truth or die by law.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale eximplies penance through going out on the scaffold, fasting, holding vigils, and beating himself. He creates his own punishment for himself. He says that nothing will relieve the guilt he carries unless he confesses to the community which will most likely end up in death.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdales penance is shown through his physical and mental pain as he fasts, lacks sleep, whips himself, and clutches his heart as he stands upon the scaffold. He basically is stating that until he confesses his sin he can not live with himself anymore, and he will take any punishment that the community shall give him.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows penance with the way he treats himself, by whippig himself and fasting. This shows that he is aware of his guilt and will never be relieve it.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale's penance were the punishement that he inflicted upon himself such as his all night vigils and periods of fasting as well as going up on the scaffolding the burning a scarlet letter on his chest. What Dimmesdale means when he says he has no pentinence is that he does not regret his sin.
ReplyDeleteExamples of Dimmesdale's penence is seen through the punishments he inflicts upon himself. The whippings, the fasting, and screaming on the scaffold all show how much guilt Dimmesdale is carrying around. The way he clutches his heart is tellin gus that he cant get rid of the guilt from this sin until he confesses.
ReplyDeleteThe way dimmesdale shows his penance is when he takes it upon himself to go to the scaffold where prisoners are sent for public shame, and holds his hands to his heart. Also, when he punishes himself by whipping, and fasting horribly. He claims he's done everything except completely confess his secret, which causes him to grow old and tired while he is still young in age.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Dimmesdale's penance, or punishment for sin, is his fasting and staying up all night constantly thinking about his sins. While doing this he is suffering greatly and is almost suffering more doing that than being shunned by the whole religious community.
ReplyDeleteDimmsdale shows his penance when he goes out to the scaffold and fasts. He also shows it when he holds his heart and has guilt. He will also feel guilty unitl he confesses or he dies.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance by staying up all night, fasting, and standing upon the scaffold. He thinks he has done everything he can do to express how sorry and guilty he is.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale has shown penance by standing on the scafold,fasting & hurting himself. But he does not have penitence because he may be punishing himself, but he does not regret commiting the sin.
ReplyDeleteThe distinction that Dimmesdale is making is that penance is feeling regretting his sins, and that penitence is doing things to show that he is sorry for his sins. An example of his penance is his vigil on the scaffold, his whipping himself, and his fasting.
ReplyDeleteThrough self-infilictions both physical such as starving and fasting and mental such as insomnia, Dimmesdale shows penance. But unlike penance a punishment undergone in token of penitence of a sin; penitence which is a sad or humble realization and regret of one's sins, Dimmesdale does realizes his transgressions but does not regret them but rather embrasses them.
ReplyDeleteAn example of Dimmesdale shows that he's penence himself is he physically abuse himself. He force himself to stay awake, he whip himself, going to the scaffold,and fasting. But none of this can take away his sins. As the day goes by , it's getting worse and worse. He cannot forgive himself. The punishments he had for himself is not working.
ReplyDeleteArthurs penance was the punishment that he inflicted upon himself sucha as his all night vigils fastings as well as going up on the scaffold, the burning a scarlet letter on his chest. What Arthur means when he says no pentinance is that he does not regret his sin.
ReplyDeleteAn example of his penance is his fasting in his guilt. He says that has attempted to do penance and it is not working. Dimmesdale does not have penitence because he is punishing himself, but he does not regret that he committed the sin.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his penance in the myriad of ways of punishing himself. From putting himself on the scaffold to fasting to clutching his hear to whipping, he feels guilty for his sin and knows it is on his conscience. He may not face punishment until death.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale expresses his penance by inflicting physical pain upon himself such as fasting and whipping himself. He knows he will continue to feel guilty until he confesses and only death will allow this.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale shows his peance by doing selfdamage such as his purfying whips &fasting. He has a worse punishment than death... a dead soul. He feels guilty
ReplyDeleteBy Dimmesdale physically and mentally abusing himself, he's showing his penance. He starves himself and whips himself because of his guilt and his guilt won't fully go away until he releases the truth.
ReplyDeleteRosmery Nerey 3rd.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale is saying that he had punish himself for what he did, but he really haven't repented. Examples of his penance are the fasts, vigils and the "purifying whips".
Sydney Perrine Pd. 3 - Dimmesdale is saying he has served his penance or punishment through fasting, beating himself and not sleeping but he has not served his penitence in that he has not repented of his sin with Hester.
ReplyDeleteThe community leaders should hold a sterner stance then the citizens, because they are supposed to be far more advanced and take leadership, as to the citizens are supposed to be more submissive. Then the leaders are teaching the citizens how to act not the citizens teaching the leaders, so this means that the citizens should not have reason to act upon Hester’s decision.
ReplyDeleteDimmesdale show penance when he stands on the scaffold. He starts to understand the pain and realizes that you should just tell the truth and he wants too really bad.
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