Thursday, January 22, 2009
Don't read this if you haven't finished the book!
I really like the ending. I knew that Chillingworth was going to try and mess things up for the minister and Hester at some point before the end of the book, but I was really happy that Dimmesdale decided to confess to everyone and stand with Hester and Pearl and I think that it made Pearl respect him more, in a way. I really liked how Chillingworth died later that year and made Pearl very rich but I wasn't quite clear on how Hester ended up. It sounded like she traveled with her daughter for awhile but then went back to Boston to live in her cottage by herself. Anyone got a clearer explination? Anyway I still think that everyone was better off with Chillingworth dead because he just wasn't a happy camper.
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well, the points you mentioned were good
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yeah, chillingworth died, yay
but dimmesdale also died
after he finished thanking god for how much freaking punishment he'd gotten
and it was heavily implied that pearl calmed down and wasn't free-spirited anymore
and yeah, why did hester come back to live in her cottage?
didn't like it a lot.
I expected (and probably I would also prefer) sadder end, but this one tuned with the rest of the novel, so it was OK... On the other hand, what really bothered me was "the message" in the end, that the only way how sinner can live his/her life contentedly is to submit him/herself to society and accept the punishment, i.e. that one single sin is kind of absolute and it cannot be ever definitely forgiven...
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