Dimmesdale never left Boston. He actually died at the
scaffold of a combination of heartache, guilt, the strain placed upon him through
physical stress, and the psychological strain of his life.
Dimmesdale was an ill man, weak both mentally,
spiritually, and physically. He was a broken man because he failed himself, God, and his
promise to his congregation. He was so guilty that he punished himself. He was such a
broken man, that he knew his only way was to suffer somehow what Hester was going
through.
What Dimmesdale did do was
planto leave for Europe with Hester to escape the settlement of
Boston, the punishments of Chillingworth, and the problematic situation in which
Dimmesdale and Hester got into. Once the decision was made a big weight was lifted off
Arthur Dimmesdale. He felt happy, joyful, hopeful. He was still ill from the years of
past self-punishment, but both he and Hester felt that this would be a great solution.
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