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