After years of torturing himself, Dimmesdale still cannot find the inner strength to reveal the sin that continually abuses his soul. During one lonely evening, Dimmesdale stands on the local scaffold, trying to feel the ignominy that Hester had so valiantly accepted. Unfortunately, he only has the courage to carry out such a daring act in the secrecy of nightfall. Although lost in his overwhelming thoughts, Dimmesdale, “[w]ithout any effort of his will, nor any power to restrain himself, cried aloud…a cry that resounded all night…” (136). Therefore, Hawthorne's offering of powerful actions makes Dimmesdale's weak integrity powerful. Dimmesdale's cry of agony proves his weak state of mind, his lack of personal restraint, and his inner affliction. Additionally, Hawthorne uses actions to depict the progression of Dimmesdale's character. After planning to run away to England with Pearl and Hester, Dimmesdale's entire aura changes to that of a more hopeful aura. As Dimmesdale enters the New England coast, ready to deliver his final sermon, "there is no weakness of step...his body is not bent and his hand does not rest menacingly on his heart” (217). . Thanks to his promising future, Dimmesdale no longer feels excruciating pain in his heart and no longer represents a weak and withered character. Dimmesdale wins a