Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty - The Minister in a Maze .. Post #46

Here the Title is the MINISTER in a Maze. In Chapter 17, it says the Pastor and his Parishioner. Chapter 12 is the Minister's Vigil. Why does Hawthorne always change the chapter titles from Pastor to Minister? Does it have something to do with what Dimmesdale does is the Chapter? In Chapter Twelve he goes up to the scaffold, so he tries to reveal his sin, even though no one really sees it. In Chapter Seventeen Hester tells him, that Chillingworth was her husband, that he is evil. On Chapter Twenty Dimmesdale he goes around. He is different than before and he still treats Chillingworth as nothing had happened. Could it be that in those chapters he is not really a pastor anymore?

1 comment:

  1. This is a good question: why does Hawthorne change pastor to minister.

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