The Scarlet Letter: The Scaffold
Beginning of paper
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is characterized by
three major events that occur on the town scaffold. What takes place on
this platform will determine the path which the three main characters,
Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmsdale, and their daughter Pearl will follow. The
three scenes mark ....
Middle of paper
.... her lover. He gives her the chance to “take the scarlet letter off
[her] breast” if she were to “speak out his name”(64). Had she relented
and revealed his name she might never have had to endure the humiliation of
the scarlet letter. But she refused, and so her path was set.
The second time at the scaffold was a turning point for Hester.
She, Pearl, and Dimmsdale are together for the first time, “...the three
formed an electric chain” as if they were always meant to be togethe ....
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Word count: 490
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
