Should I choose the man who is slowly becoming the devil, or should I choose the poor man who is being tortured by a creature such as this. Of course, I pick Dimmesdale! There is a true connection between Dimmesdale and Hester, one which Chillingworth or any other satan "wanna-be" cannot demise! The marriage between Chillingworth and Hester was already an aranged one, so Hester was not even into him when they tied the knot. On top of that, he is torturing the one man that she loves that actually might love her back! Chillingworth is the Devil!
Hester even confirmes that even though Chillingworth was keeping Dimmesdale alive, "Better he had died at once!" (Hawthorne 160) Is any woman deserving of a man whose help and guidance leads to another's slowly descending life? I think not! Dimmesdale is the man she shares her one prized posession, Pearl with! They concieved this child together! So what if the satan has possessed her soul, or if she is well beyond the paranormal... She is their child! A parent's love for a child exceeds any obstacle or hardship that may come along the way! (except in Matilda's case in the movie Matilda) I rest my casee!
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