The Scarlet Letter

She goes to Chillingworth and asks him to stop adding
to Dimmesdale’s self-torment.

The
nameless narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem,
Massachusetts.

T he Scarlet Letter opens
with a long preamble about how the book came to be written.

impish

Hester supports herself by working as a seamstress, and Pearl
grows into a willful, impish child.

In the meantime, Hester’s charitable deeds and
quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.

T he Scarlet Letter opens
with a long preamble about how the book came to be written.

On this day Hester is led to the town scaffold and harangued by
the town fathers, but she again refuses to identify her child’s
father.

In the meantime, Hester’s charitable deeds and
quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.

scorn

In the meantime, Hester’s charitable deeds and
quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.

Many years later, Hester returns alone, still wearing the
scarlet letter, to live in her old cottage and resume her
charitable work.

flee

The former lovers decide to
flee to Europe, where they can live with Pearl as a family.

policy

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