Entry 15
"The decision once made, a glow of strange enjoyment threw its flickering brightness over the trouble of his breast. It was the exhilarating effect--upon a prisoner just escaped from the dungeon of his own heart--of breathing the wild, free atmosphere of an unredeemed, unchristianised, lawless region" (Hawthorne, Chapter 18).
I find this quote to be very significant, especially to Dimmesdale's character development. He's been having this terrible pain and guilt in his heart for the past seven years, but it has finally lifted once the light of hope has been shone on him. He can finally be happy with Hester and Pearl and receive the closure he needs.
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