In the first scene we meat our four main characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. Hester looks back to her past for comfort but then brings herself back to the reality of her shame. Narrator "Yes!-these were her realities,-all else had vanished!"(61). In this scene we meat Chillingworth who we find to be Hesters husband. He is in shock of what she has done. But he seeks revenge on the man who also deserves to stand

By the time we get to the second scaffold scene seven years have past. Within these seven years the view of Hester and her scarlet A has changed in the minds of the towns people. Narrator "...many people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able..."(168). Hester lived with her sin and excepts it without any complaints. As we look at Dimmesdale he has become ill and looks tired and defeated from having to withhold his sin. In the second scaffold scene he stands on the scaffold in the protection of night to free himself from some of his guilt. Chillingworth has aged very quickly and his face appears evil in his pursuit to find the man . Narrator "...Chillingworth's aspect had undergone a remarkable change...there was something ugly and evil in his face..."(131). Now that Pearl is old enough to interact we se that she is wise beyond her age, and

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