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n the scaffold. Standing there with Hester and Pearl, Dimmesdale is still too much of a coward to admit his sin and release the anguish from his burning chest. He cannot confess his sin, just because he does not want to lose his good fame, his status. He bears long torture and pain. He desires to liberate himself. He wants to expiate Hester and Pearl, but he has not the courage. He is a coward facing the God. He is afraid to be punished by God. Therefore, even though he has more chance, he can do nothing except when his life is going to end. As Hester’s lover, he is coward. When Hester is placed before public in burning shame and orders to wear an “A”, a scarlet letter on her breast, Dimmesdale does not stand out to admit his sin. On the contrary, he keeps his dreadful secret for seven years just for fear that, he will lose the citizen’s love and they will not forgive him. He is too weak to admit his sin and love openly and entirely. Just because of this, Hester tasks on all the love and all the punishments. Dimmesdale is a sinner to God, and to Hester he is also a sinner. His sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter. He loves Hester, but Hester bears all the miseries and punishments. On the other hand, it can be seen that Dimmesdale wants to reduce his sin. He loves Hester and his Pearl. At the town meeting where the governor plans to take custody of Hester’s daughter Pearl, Dimmesdale convinced G.ov.Wilson to let her retain custody. The town meeting is set up by the author to appear as a reminder of Hester and Dimmesdale’s sin. However, it is Dimmesdale’s love for Hester that ultimately carries the scene. While defending Hester, he speaks “with a voice sweet, tremendous but powerful.” He could have spoken in the darker tone. Therefore, it can prove he also love Hester. The forest scene is crucial in the narrative of the Scarlet Letter and a proper understanding of what happens in the forest is necessary for any interpretation of Dimmesdale’s last days of life and his final “confession”. The meeting in the forest can say at the times Dimmesdale is wakening. He was getting rid of the tie of asceticism gradually. He wants to start a new life with Hester and Pearl. He knows what he loves and he can confess his sin to get the new life. The meet in the forest proves the harmony nature. There, Dimmesdale gets away from the God, reflexes his heart, and has a rest at that time. Hester is afraid that Chillingworth would do something bad to Dimmesdale, so they plan to run away four days after their meeting in the forest. Dimmesdale comforts himself with the knowledge that he would give his sermons predestination on the third day and thus leave his community with fond memories of his final exhortation. Dimmesdale’s flaw can be found in the fact that he chooses to value the public view above those of Hester, his love, and God, his master. In the forest scene, Dimmesdale evidently realizes that he is a human and he should ask for forgiveness and do penance openly. On the way home, he sees how far his defenses have been breached by evil. These thoughts explain why he could so easily write his Election Day sermon, which is filled with the passion of his struggle and his humanity. Dimmesdale’s confession in the third scaffold scene and the climax of the story ensures his salvation. The reader senses that whether chosen or earned, Dimmesdale’s salvation is a reality. Having had several opport