The Scarlet Letter: Summary
Beginning of paper
The Scarlet Letter opens in an Algonquin village, where the
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and his close companion, Running Moose, have
come on a peace mission. Arthur is at home among the indigenes, but he is
special in this regard. "You're the only [white man] who comes [to us] with
open heart," says ....
Middle of paper
.... Prynne, a romance that
actually occupies most of our attention, and whose harvest is a little
Pearl. Finally, as things unfold we learn that the Puritans are not all bad.
Potentially they are indeed a diverse community, comprising not only
dogmatists and invaders, but ecumenicals, free-thinkers, Quakers,
antinomians, and former members of the Merry-Mount colony. So the mood is
hopeful as the story draws to a close. The community survives, and with it,
presumably, the prospects for the great ....
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Word count: 358
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
