... which Hester is allowed to return to the prison. Chapter Four: The Interview Summary After Hester returns to her prison cell, she remains agitated by the day's events. Pearl is also upset and starts crying. The jailer therefore allows a physician to enter and try to calm them down. Roger Chillingworth, ... Tell me! It is thou who must tell me!" Hester is unable to answer her question and remains silent, thinking about the fact that some Puritans think Pearl is the child of a demon. Chapter Seven: The Governor's Hall Summary Hester takes Pearl with her to the Governor's Hall in order ... ...

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... escape from Boston. Running from the truth makes him feel even more guilty. Finally, he can bear the shame and guilt no longer. On Election Day, he climbs the scaffold with Hester and Pearl and publicly confesses his sin. Since he has admitted his guilt and won his personal victory, he ... town. It is a moralistic and gloomy place where the citizens dress in drab colors and lack any liveliness. Even on the Election Day holiday, they cannot relax and enjoy themselves. The Puritans easily find fault in the weaknesses of others, as evidenced by the fact that they gather at the scaffold to wi...

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... revenge, badly. They decide to run away together on a ship on election day. On election day, Hester discovers that Chillingworth booked a ticket for the same boat that she and Dimmesdale was going to take. Dimmesdale delivers his election day sermon, one of his best sermons ever spoken, and walks up ... Feeling full well the distress of his own secret, Arthur proclaims that those who hold such "miserable secrets will yield them up that last day with a joy unutterable." (Hawthorne118) By this expression, Arthur offers a glimpse into his tortured heart and shows how heavy a burden his .....

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... next to the rusted prison door. The scarlet letter was a stigma worn by someone who had committed a sinful act many Puritan settlements. The Puritans believed that public humiliation was a just punishment for these offenders. Hester was forced to wear the letter "A" on her chest for the rest ... Puritans tried to disgrace Hester, she turned the symbol around into something special. And as time went by, her efforts proved to be worthwhile. This stigma was thought to be something great by those who were unfamiliar with Puritanical ways of punishment. Both the governor's servant, and the Nat...

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... . Is it possible to attain forgiveness in a Puritan society after committing such a heinous sin? Forgiveness is always a possibility in my eyes, though the puritans see black and white. It is either wrong or right, and Dimmesdale is wrong for having relations with Hester. A punishment suitable for such a sin ... is already been instituted since the day it happened. Dimemsdale is living with this guilt on his conscience for seven years. One cannot earn their forgiveness without doing some sort of penance, ... sermon is a joyous occasion in which he revealed the evil that he has done. Th...

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... stable woman who will not fall so easily. She decides to remain in Boston because it is the town where she committed her sin and if she faces each day the guilt she is burdened with, then somehow, she hopes her soul will be purged (74). Not only do the townspeople associate the "A" with Hester, most ... code. Her apparel is not what the others in the town are accustomed to. It is bold and stands out from the ordinary clothes worn by the Puritans. After being kept in the prison for committing adultery, Hester was released to stand out her punishment on the scaffold. The very first thing th...

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... the predicament and decide to leave for England, Dimmesdale is so relieved that he might be able to escape his sin that he thinks five evil thoughts, which for the puritans is as bad as sinning itself. Unlike the sins of Hester and Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth's secret sin is more severe. While the sins of the other characters were sins against ... character endures and by the fact that each character dies in the end of the story. He also shows his support for confession of these sins. When Dimmesdale finishes his Election Day sermon, he walks up onto the scaffold with Hester and Pea...

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