... of their society"(www.essaybank.com). Midway through the novel the minister, who has been driven almost crazy by his guilt but lacked the resolution to confess it, ascends one midnight for self-torture. Hester joins him, and there they are seen together by Hester's husband, Chillingworth. At the end, the exhausted and death-stricken Dimmesdale totters to confess his sin ... woman. After years of wearing the letter, the townspeople come to regard it as meaning "able." While Hester is not allowed to work on wedding gowns, she stitches everything from children's clothes to outfits for the ...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School