Hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesdale's in Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter

Asári, Ahmad Fikhan (2017) Hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesdale's in Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

Hypocrisy is one of the social issues contained within the literary work. Arthur Dimmesdale, the main character in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne represents the social issues of hypocrisy. The research focuse on Arthur Dimmesdale’s hypocrisy dealing with his social status as a Puritanclergyman and the impact of Puritan Doctrine on social life. This research focuse on two statement of problem namely the hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesdale as Puritan clergyman and the Impact of Puritan Doctrine on social life. The datasources of this research is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne entitled The Scarlet Letter. The main data are taken from data sources that imply the hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesale and the impact of Puritan doctrine on the social life of society. The main data are analyzed along with supporting data taken from books, articles, essays, literary criticism, and other related articles. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The researcher used the sociological approach of literature as well as Lonni Lee Best's theory to identify the kind of hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesdale and other supporting theories about the doctrine of the Puritans. From the research that has been done, it can be concluded that Arthur Dimmesdale is a hypocritical Puritan clergyman. The hypocrisy of Arthur Dimmesdale according to Lonni Lee Best's theory belongs to the Dishonest External hypocrite. As for the causes of hypocrisy there are several things, including; his hypocrisy was due to the role of his social status as a Puritan clergyman, his uncertainty towards the Puritan doctrine itself and the public's expectation of his figure as Puritan clergyman. . Dimmesdale's hypocrisy is also a form of Puritan doctrine filled with fanaticism, intolerance and hypocrisy. The Puritans applied the basic principles of their teaching to the people of Massachusetts with an intolerant attitude. Anyone deemed to be violating and incompatible with the Puritan teachings will be granted sanctions of being caught and cruelly punished. The Puritans' attitude makes them a hypocrite. Because on the one side they seem to be religious and religious-looking with their mission who want to purify Christianity and in accordance with the Gospel, but on the other side they are doing acts that are not incompatible with the teachings of religion.

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