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Hester's Journey
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The Prison and the Scaffold
Hester walks out of the prison and down the street to the market place. Many people talk about how bad of a woman she is and people give her nasty looks. She walks with her child Pearl down to the scaffold so she can be hoisted up for everyone else to see that she has sinned. Everyone looks at her with disgust and she doesn't even look around, almost as if she is ashamed, but confident. -
Hester Spots Chillingworth
Over in the crowd, Hester spots a man that isdressed like a native.She instantly knows that i is her husband. We find his out in the next chapter. Mr. Wilson tries to convince Dimmesdale to persuade Hester to tell who she as sinned with. She commited adultery, and she had a baby. So there must be a father, but she does not tell. -
Chillingworth Visits Hester
The stranger comes into the jail after the guard requested him to help Hester get better. She is almost somewhat sick in this chapter. She knows that this is her husband, and that his new name is Roger Chillingworth. He ties to get the secret out of Heser, but cannot get it out of her. He swears that he will get revege on whoever did this to her though. -
Hester at Her Needle
After Hester was released from the prison, she chose to stay in the town even when se had a chance to leave. She felt that she must serve her punishment where she sinned. She stayed an outcast and lived in a cabinoutside of town.The only thing that generated her income was her talent at sewing. -
Pearl
Hester's daughter,Pearl, is a young girl at this time. Hester sees her as slmost innocent at times, but then amost as a demon the other times. Almost as if she was the scarlet letter in person. Or that she was influenced by the red in the scarlet letter to do evil things. -
The Governor's Hall
Hester had made some lace gloves for the Minister's wife, and now she delivers them to the her. She brings Pearl with her. -
Demon-Child
Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Wilson enter the room. They start teasing Pearl about being a demon-child. They question why Hester should be able to keep her child. She tells them that Pearl can learn lessons from her shame and sin. They start to question the child about religious beliefs, and she does not know any of it. But Hester pleads Dimmesdale to let her keep her child, and he does so. -
Hester In Her Community
Seven years have passed since Pearl's birth. Hester has become more involved in society. She has made clothes and helped the poor. People respect her more now than they did at first. They find she's not a terrible woman. -
Hester Tells Chillingworth
Hester tells Chillingworth to stop tormenting Dimmesdale. Then she tells him that they were lovers while Chillingworth was gone. He gets cold. Hester asks him to forgive Dimmesdale and become a regular man again. He shakes her off and tells her that h will continue to torment him, until the job is done for what he did. -
Pearl Makes a "A"
As Chillingworth walks away from Hester, she decides to go and find Pearl. Pearl was down at the beach. She had made something out of eel grass to resemble her mother. She made the letter “A” on her chest, but instead of red, it was freshly green. Hester asks the child if she knows what it means, but later resolves that she shouldn’t tell her right then. -
Settling In The Forest
Hester and Dimmesdale settle where they can’t be seen by the public eye. They sit near a brook in the forest. Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband. Dimmesdale is cold and starts talking harshly to Hester. Hester grabs him and pulls his face into her scarlet letter, asking for forgiveness. He forgives her, saying that Chillingworth sins more than both of them. They plot to move to Europe and live together as a family. -
The Plan
Hester and Dimmesdale are both excited for the plan to go to Europe. Dimmesdale tells Hester that he has the chance there to feel joy again. Then Hester takes the scarlet letter off her chest and put her hair down, restoring some of her natural beauty. Sunlight rains down on the forest as if a curse is lifted. Hester says that there should be a father-daughter relationship, so she calls Pearl over to come talk to Dimmesdale. -
Hester Waits For Dimmesdale
Hester waits in the forest for Dimmesdale. The sun seems to only shine on Pearl, even when Hester tries to get it to shine on herself. When they are sitting by the brook, Pearl asks her mother about the “Black Man”. She sees someone in the distance and wonders if it is the black man. She will not leave until her mother says it isn’t the black man. Then Hester says, it’s the minister. Pearl runs off into the forest. -
Hester Puts The Letter Back On
Hester calls Pearl over to her. She will not come. She sees that Hester is no longer wearing the scarlet letter and freaks out. To get Pearl to come over, Hester must put back on the scarlet letter. As soon as she does, she feels the pain come back to her. As she comes over, Pearl kisses Hester. And she later kisses Dimmesdale too. She asks if they can hold hands as they walk back, but he says no. So Pearl goes to the brook and attempts to wash off his kiss. -
Hester Moves to Europe
Hester then realizes that Chillingworth will join them on their ship. On the day of Dimmesdale’s sermon, he brings the whole family up to the scaffold and tells the sin he has committed, then he dies. Pearl and Hester move to Europe, and Pearl becomes a successful woman. Then the two are buried by each other in the afterlife, Hester and Dimmesdale.
