Hester Prynne thinks her husband is dead because it has been sometime since she has seen her husband. While he is gone she has an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, and the price of this sin was a beautiful girl which she names Pearl. Hester's punishment is wearing the letter "A" on her chest to remind her of this sin. Over the years Hester lives with the fact that she is not accepted by society and she manages to make her own living. "It was the art - then and now, almost the only one within a woman's grasp - of needlework"(76). Hester's sewing ability is amazing, she even made her letter "A" the most beautiful "A" there was. All the women crave for her needlework. Even with this sin, Hester does not let it get her down, but uses it to make her a stronger woman. Hester learns to

his sin. Dimmesdale then becomes very ill and moves in with Chillingworth. "About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesfdale had evidently begun to fail"(113). Chillingworth is suspicious of Dimmesdale and only helps him so he can find out his deep secret. Chillingworth begins to make Dimmesdale life even worse after he thinks he sees the letter "A" on his his chest. The guilt of Dimmesdale is to overwhelming and he decides to walk on the scaffold late at night to show that he is ready to make his sin public. He hold his hand over his heart and shrills in hope the town will wake and find him standing there. The whole town will awake, and hurry forth, and find me here!"(142). But not one person awoke. The appearance of Dimmesdale gets more horrid as his health fades. Dimmesdale is literally killing himself, and living with Chillingworth is not making the situation any better. On election when the minister makes his most important sermon, the guilt has become too much. While leaving the chapel people gasped at how fast his health had faded. "How feeble and pale he looked, amid all his triumph"(248)! When Dimmesdale reaches the outside he climbs up the scaffold and asks Hester and Pearl to stand with him. He stands on the same spot that he should have stood seven years ago. There Dimmesdale admits his sin, drops to his knees, and dies

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