Quote:
"In Mr. Dimmesdale's secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge" (Hawthorne 132).
Analysis:
As a transcendentalist, Hawthorne sees God in everything and uses Dimmesdale to make a critique of Protestantism. When one sins, the penance he or she endures is to be done in order to reinforce the mind that the sin was wrong and it never again should be committed. Dimmesdale is carrying out penance,but not being open with his sin and therefore, he is defeating the purpose of repentance. Through Dimmesdale, Hawthorn demonstrates how some Christians become so entangled in the actions and rituals of their religion, that they lose sight of what truly matters.
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