Dimmesdale is given several opportunities to confess his sin but chooses not to throughout the book, and due to this build up his physicality suffers tremendously. When Hawthorne describes his health as “suffering under bodily diseases” (Hawthorne 54), his worsened condition is a result of his abstinence to confessing his sin. Dimmesdale is given numerous opportunities to confess his sin but he chooses not to. Every time he doesn't confess his guilt builds up, negatively affecting him.
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