The Scarlet Letter
What is Dimsdale’s argument?
Scarlet Letter
Scarlet Letter
Do you mean Dimmesdale's argument for keeping their affair a secret?
yepper :)
Dimmesdale has a responsibility for the Godly state of the whole village. If he is compromised, there would be nobody to do God's important work. He'd also be killed in a horrible way or shut in prison forever, but that's secondary!