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Hester recieves the capital A on her chest for commiting adultery and must wear it wherever she goes.
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Hester see's her husband in the crowd whom she had commited adultery on. Hester chooses to keep her husbands identity a secret and he then adopts the name of Chillingworth.
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Chillingworth chooses to become a doctor and take care of Dimmesdale the minister. The two become suspicious about each other and Chillingworth continues to question to Dimmesdale for seven years.
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Hester chooses to tell Dimmesdale of Chillingworth's true identity.The two agree that they must flee to Europe to start over.
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Hester and Dimmesdale board the ship in order to escape Europe. Chillingworth gets on the ship as a doctor and Dimmesdale soon reveals that he has a confession to be made.
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Dimmesdale reveals that he to has a Scarlet Letter on his chest and reveals it to the boat. He goes and dies followed by Chillingworth a few years later. Hester soon follows and the two share a single tombstone with the letter A on it.