The Amazing On Time Post of Forrest Baker (due and completed 1/5/11)

I did my page Chapter 10, "The Leech and His Patient." In this chapter, Dimmesdale's health continues to deteriorate under the "care" of Chillingworth. Dimmesdale becomes increasingly suspicious of Chillingworth, who relentlessly presses him about any unconfessed sins that might be contributing to his affliction. At the end of the chapter, Chillingworth sneaks up on Dimmesdale while he is asleep and looks under his shirt to see something, which remains unrevealed to the reader, on his chest.
My beautiful illustration of this chapter consists of Dimmesdale asleep on his bed with Roger Chillingworth observing something on his chest. The artistically educated viewer will notice the piece is characterized by a subtle blend of Dada and Minimalism. The colors--red, gray, black, green, and blue--represent the diverse symbolism seen throughout The Scarlet Letter. The red represents the scarlet of the title letter. The gray represents the color of the pencil I had within convenient reach. The meaning of the other colors is so deeply philosophical and symbolic, that the avant-garde concepts cannot even be expressed in mere words. Furthermore, as one observes the facial expressions of the subjects, powerful and abstruse emotions can be seen just teeming beneath the surface. Chillingworth can be seen pondering his dilemma; each masterfully placed stroke of the pencil is a separate though running through his tortured head. Dimmesdale has his eyes closed, a simply ingenious representation of him being asleep.

--Wald der Künstlerisch