"e;Scarlet Letter"e;Book Report
...Chillingworth. He sent her you America alone while he finished his business. In America she met Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale who she had a love affair with. Pearl was the name of their child. When the townspeople found out about her sin, they punished her by making her wear a scarlet letter A' ,standing for adultery, on her bosom.
- Dimmesdale was a young reverend of the community. The people loved him, because of his emotional ways of speaking. He was Hester's secret lover. He couldn't live without being punished for his sins. Finally, he confess publicly, as soon as he did he died.
- Chillingworth was Hester's husband. While traveling to America to join his wife he was capture by Indians. He finally reached America 2 years later. When he got there, Hester was already standing on the scaffold. He was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale, so he pretended to be his good friend trying to think of ways to torture him.
- Pearl was Hester and Dimmesdale's daughter. She was given her name because she was precious and valuable. She was very clever, imaginative, and bratty. Pearl was a very significant character, because she reminded Hester of her sins and love affair.
- Governor Bellingham was like the political authority in Boston.
- Mistress Hibbins was Governor Bellingham's sister. She was known as an evil witch. She had a bitter temper, because she worshiped the devil.
Summary:
"The Scarlet Letter" begins in the seventeenth century in Boston. Back then Boston was a Puritan settlement. Hester Prynne is being escorted out from the town's prison with her daughter, Pearl. Hester had a scarlet letter "A" on her bosom. Someone watching from the crowd was telling someone else that she is being punished for adultery.
Hester's husband sent her to America, while he finished some business in...
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