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'The Scarlet Letter, various char enactmenters demonstrate hand for what they value. The act of leave is seen commonly in the book, especi wholey with Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, on with their interactions with each other. The story begins with Hester Prynne with her daughter os and a scarlet letter â€Å"A” on her breast.\r\nRoger Chillingworth, a doctor and Hesters husband, comes to townsfolk and learns of Hester having an affair while he was onward in England. As she is publicly hangdog for not revealing the identicalness of her lover, Chillingworth is promptly intent on revenge against that man. eld afterward, Hester is still shunned as she finds a conjecture in needle-working and gather grows to be a mischievous child.\r\nAfter finding step to the fore that city officials plan to take drib away, Hester calls upon Arthur Dimmesdale, a frail, young minister to win over them otherwise. Chillingworth takes interest, and moves in with him as Dimmes dales personal physician, and begins to prize open his character. As the ministers condition becomes increasingly worse, Hester meets with him and decides to run away to Europe where they stooge start over and live as a family with Pearl. On the day of the departure, Dimmesdale delivers a final speech and confesses to his affair with Hester, therefore dies. Chillingworth dies a year later, Hester returns eld later, and Pearl is married to an aristocrat with a family.\r\nThe act of sacrifice is evident in Hester Prynne with her resolution of public shamings and being a societal outcast to defend the integrity of Arthur Dimmesdale. Prynne mat that â€Å"the sacrifice of the clergymans good name, and death itself” (Hawthorne 174) would contain been better than lying about the identity of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. Regardless, Hester chose to save the ministers reputation and in turn, was humbled and isolated from society.\r\nHowever, this choice would eventually pret end anguish and suffering for Dimmesdale and later, his death. The narrator samewise states everyone â€Å"had frowned on her,â€for septenary long years had it frowned upon this lonely woman,â€and still she bore it all” (175-176). Hesters sacrifice is made clear as she bears the scarlet letter and becomes an outcast for seven long years. She is constantly shamed as seen by her public humiliation, and neither her or Pearl can live a normal life as a go out. After years of living like this, Hester realizes what she perceives as her mistake, and goes to meet with Chillingworth and Dimmesdale to settle their conglomerate situation.\r\nThroughout the text, Roger Chillingworth has also sacrificed much, namely his former(a) life as a pupil in order to enact revenge. Hester notices that Chillingworths â€Å" expectation of an intellectual and studious man” had disappea florid and was replaced with a â€Å"blackness… a gl atomic number 18 of red light out of his eyes, as if the doddery mans soul were on fire” (153). The doctors old, profound dis localise has vanished as a result of his intent of revenge shortly later arriving in town.\r\nThirsty for revenge, he preyed on Dimmesdale and torment him by exploring his secrets, and investigating his character. Chillingworths hate would turn him to be a snappy and cruel man, being seen as â€Å"transforming himself into a Devil, if he go forth only, for a conceivable space of time, undertake a Devils mail service” (153).\r\nChillingworth stuck to the minister almost to the point of addiction, unraveling and agony him to such an extent, his work is compared to that of the Devil. Roger had sacrificed his old personality and life, to the point of taking on a new identity, that the only value he saw in life was taking revenge on Dimmesdale. By act his dream of vengeance , Chillingworth drives both himself and Dimmesdale to the butt on of madness, eventually distorting his own soul and stellar(a) to the ministers act of flagellation before cause both their deaths.\r\nArthur Dimmesdale also displays sacrifice, most notably near the end of the text, by confessing and relinquishing his priestly position to stand with his family for the scratch and last time. As the minister stands on the scaffold, he calls out to Hester and Pearl, stating that he will do what he â€Å"withheld [himself] from doing seven years ago” (226) and for Hester to â€Å"support [him] up yon scaffold” (226). In his final hour, Arthur decides to sacrifice his saintly appearance to the town in order to repent to everyone of his sin.\r\nThe minister realizes his position with his family after his encounter with Hester in the forest, and gives up his life as a preacher. Chillingworth tries to allege with his victim and begs â€Å"Do not scorch your fame, and perish in dishonor!” (225) and desperately asks â€Å"Would you bring infamy on your divine profess ion?” (225).\r\nChillingworth attempts to stop the minister from confessing are futile as Dimmesdale knows exactly what hes fully grown up to be with his family. The townspeople cannot take of what they saw that day, but Dimmesdale and his sacrifice allows the townspeople to realize that anyone can be sinful, later sharing a grave with Hester with a scarlet letter on the headstone.\r\n'