Chillingworth found that Ding Mesdale adulteries Hester everyday and tortured Ding Mesdale everyday. Chillingworth will do anything that gives discomfort to Dimmesdale. Chillingworth said, "They may grow up from his heart and be a hidden secret concealed with him, and he is best recognized in life" (Hawthorne, p. 123) . He tried to make Ding Mesdale recognize everything he did. Ding Mesdale did not know that Chillingworth was Hester's husband, but still refused to Zillingworth, he made a child of Hester.
I believe that all the characters in "Red Letter" think that Dr. Ding Mesdale is the greatest sinner. After all, he was jealous of sin like Hester Prynne, but he still openly interrogated her on the ankle and appealed the man to ask his name because he knew she could not do it. In addition, he will not admit the crime for the rest of his life, please let Hester Prynne alone suffer guilt.
In the novel Arthur Ding Mesdale, Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Red Letter" is a pastor who is respected by everyone and is not entrusted to anyone. The pastor led his congregation along their spiritual path, that is their way to their heaven. But Pastor Arthur Dingsdale is fatal. No matter how hard he strives to hide this fact, the offense of adultery will diminish his heart and defile his purity. Dimmesdale sent two kinds of lives: the lives of saints and sinners. Hawthorne reveals the former and the latter through the worsening appearance of the pastor Din Mesdale, his changing internal influence, his relationship with his other characters, and his struggle against his sin.
Harry Levin "ranks" three sinners with his "red letter" based on their crime and the circumstances surrounding them. The most serious sinner is Hester Prynne, followed by Pastor Dimmesdale, Levin 's most serious sinner is Roger Chilingworth. For Hester, Levin said her relationship with Dimmesdale is "allowed" (Levin, 10). The peace of her relationship with Chillworth is natural, so I can not do anything. . Her sinful colleague, Pastor Din Mezdale, was called "a reluctant hypocrite who purifies himself through public confession". Public repentance like Hester, wearing red letters, or wearing a black veil. Levin continued saying "According to Hawthorne's criteria", the pastor is guilty than her. Dimmesdale is said to be full of liberty, he decided to commit 4 crimes