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THE SCARLET LETTERNATHANIEL HATHORNE
SCAFFOLD #1
• Hester emerges from the prison with baby Pearl
• Hester spots her husband from the scaffold
• Rodger Chillingworth creates a new identity
• Hester is sentenced:
• 3 hours on scaffold
• Lifetime with the letter, “A”
Judgment
• Governor Bellingham
• Reverend Wilson -> gives a sermon on sin
• Reverend Dimmesdale -> demands to know father; even though he is the father
WHAT YOU MISS…
• Rodger Chillingworth becomes town’s physician; respected
• Hester’s promise
• Months later… Hester is released & lives in cottage at end of town
• Outcast who support self through needlework
• Pearl:
• One’s consolation
• Moody, passionate, defiant, and mischievous
• Fascinated with “A” and questions her origins
CONT.’
• Hester is questioned by Bellingham, Wilson, Dimms. , and Chillingworth
• Keep Pearl?
• Pearl’s religious knowledge
• Dimms. grows ill (Guilt)
• Chill. Lives with Dimms.
• Questions Dimm. (behavior & illness)
• Chillingworth plays mind games with Dimms.• Sees visions
• Powerful lectures on sin
• Tortures himself physically
*Holds a vigil on the scaffold where Hester suffered her sins
SCAFFOLD #2
• Dimmesdale hold vigil on scaffold
• Overpowering guilt
• Stand with Hester and Pearl on scaffold
• Meteor in sky
• “A” for adultery
• “A” for angel
• Chillingworth brings Dimmesdale home (sleepwalking)
WHAT YOU MISS…
• 7 years pass
• Less of an outcast!
• Questions her role & Pearl
• Hester wishes to tell Dimms. of Chill. identity
• Chill. certain of love between Dimms. & Hester
• Anger & revenge grow
• Pearl shows strange tendencies (A of grass)
CONT.’• Later in the forest….Hester tell Dimms. of Chills. true identity
• Dimms. will free himself of Chill.
• Plan to Europe!
• Strips herself of the, “A”
• Pearls fascination with the “A”
• Doesn’t accept Dimms.
• Return to town
• Dimms. with a new outlook on humanity
• Hester finds out Chill. will also be on the boat to Europe!
*Dimmesdale rushes to scaffold to deliver a sermon