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Hesters Husband
Hesters husband leaves Boston to go across seas, and will be coming home soon. -
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The Scarlet Letter Highlights.
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Bad News
Hesters husband gets lost at sea, people in the town are saying he has passed away. -
Affairs
In a moment of weakness, Reverand Dimmesdale and Hester become lovers. -
Sinful Acts
Hester realizes she is pregnant, and there is only one man who could be the father: Dimmesdale. -
Chillingworth
A new doctor named Chillingworth comes to town -
Pearl
Hester gives birth to her baby girl;Pearl, and is then sent to jail for her sinful acts. -
Secrets
Chillingworth goes into the jailhouse, and tells Hester that he is her husband in disguise. -
Freedom
Hester is released from jail, on one condition, she is required to wear a scarlet letter 'A' with gold stitching. -
New Life
Hester and Pearl move into a rundown cottage at the end of town, and Hester becomes a seamstress, making clothes that are not Puritan dress code. -
Pearl Growing Up
Pearl is almost three and is willful, and still unknowing of her earthly father. -
Persuasion
Hester and pearl go to the govenors mansion, and are almost seperated, until Dimmesdale steps in and states that Pearl is a punishment on Hester and she has to handle a child interfering with her work. -
Revenge
The town begins to notice that Dimmesdale is getting sick, and clenches his chest often. so Chillingworth agrees to live with Dimmesdale since he is the town doctor. Soon after, Chillingworth figures out Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl, and begins to torture Dimmesdale. -
A Family
Dimmesdale, hester, and Pearl decide to move to Europe, and tomorrow they shall tell the town about thier family. -
Confessions
Dimmesdale stands infront of the town with pearl in his arms, and hester by his side that they are the sinful famiy. -
Death
Dimmesdale drops cold from his heart condition. -
Moving On
Hester and Pearl leave Boston and are not heard from for many years. -
Returning Rebel
Hester returns to Boston; still wearing her 'A', moves into her cottage, and continues her charitable duties. Pearl has not returned with her mother, instead she is married to an European Aristocrat, and began their own family. -
A
When Hester dies, she is burried next to Dimmesdale, sharing a tombstone with him and all the tombstone reads is 'A'
