ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which part of a standard plot line would this be?:Tormented by a guilty conscience, Dimmesdale realizes that the only way to escape his torment is to go to the scaffold and reveal his sin to the townspeople. He does so, telling Hester that he is dying and then reveals to the crowd that he is Pearl’s father.
A
Rising Action
B
Climax
C
Falling Action
D
Resolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”, Chillingworth is guilty of Dimmesdale’s death. For one he tries to poison Dimmesdale with some medicine, he makes him suffer mentally, and he tortures him for it all and tries to make him feel guilty for all that he’s done.

Detailed explanation-2: -After introducing Hester as the book’s protagonist, Hawthorne incites the central conflict of the book by bringing Hester in direct contact with her antagonist, Chillingworth, the husband she has betrayed by committing adultery.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the third and final scaffold scene, Dimmesdale calls Hester and Pearl to his side and then reveals the scarlet letter on his chest. In this scene, the scaffold has moved through a series of meanings from an obvious symbol of Puritanical law and order to a more complex sense of transformation and redemption.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dimmesdale finally announces his guilt because he felt as though he was dying and that he needed to acknowledge his shame. He does so abruptly and with passion, and he tears off the ministerial band on his breast to reveal the scarlet letter ‘A’ on his chest.

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