"'Come along, Madam Hester, and show your scarlet letter in the market place!'" |
Events
1. Hester is paraded through the streets and placed on the scaffold where the townspeople ridicule her. 2. The governor, counselors, and reverends observe from the balcony above the scaffold. 3. Hester sees her past flash before her eyes: her parents, home in England, and her ex husband. 4. Hester stands strong, but often clutches Pearl strongly causing Pearl to cry out. 5. Chillingworth appears, staring at Hester, and he asks a stranger about Hester. 6. Reverend Wilson commands Minster Dimmesdale to ask Hester to reveal the identity of Pearl's father. Hester refuses to ever confess his identity. 7. Dimmesdale remains silent about his role in the sin. 8. Hester returns to the prison.
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