Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is just one thing I would like to know about the ending of the book-- WHY THE HECK DID DIMMESDALE DIE? Finally it was revealed to everyone that he is Pearl's father, and it seems as if all is well and that the family can leave and be together and love each other and he just goes and dies on them like "oh, sorry that I've pretended like I haven't had anything to do with you for seven years now I'm finally going to step it up and be a decent human being and then DIE." I do not understand this logic. I suppose you could argue that it was the psychological torture of Chillingworth, and maybe his own physical torture? I don't get it. Why would he die? He's home free and he can be with the woman he loves!
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