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Hester refuses to tell Roger the man's name.
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Roger says that what happened to her is both HER fault and HIS.
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Hester is returned to prison, but remains very agitated. A doctor is called, however, he turns out to be Roger Chilligsworth.
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Rev. Dimmesdale tells Hester by refusing to speak the man's name she was denying that man the chance to overcome the evil within himself.
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A prison in the vicinity of Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts as a Puritan settlement of English people, where religion and law are almost idenrical.
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Roger is determined to have his evil revenge on Dimmesdale. The 2 men begin to board at the same house. Roger begins to control Dimmesdale like a puppet.
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Hester is finally released from prison and she moved into a cottage on the outskirts of town
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Inside his closet, he keeps a bloody scourge. He uses it on his own shoulders.
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She is essentially banished from the community. Hester makes a living doing fancy sewing for others, though she herself dresses very plainly and lives very simply.
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the Govenor considers taking Pearl away from Hester to be raised by a God fearing family.
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Dimmesdale's health has deteriated, people believe it is due to his self-sacrificing labors and duties of his profession. Roger Chillingworth has become Dimmesdale's personal physician.
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Everyone is in town to celebrate the appointment of the new Govenor. Roger has guessed Hester and Dimmesdale plan to sail and he books passage on the same ship.