The scarlet letter

             Chapter 1: The Prison-Door: The first chapter in the Scarlet
             Letter the setting is Boston in the 17th century in front of
             the prison. The prison was plain colored and the
             surroundings were very ordinary except for the rosebush that
             is outside of the prison. All the Puritans dressed in drab,
             Chapter 2: The Market Place: Outside of the Prison the ugly
             puritan women discuss the adultery of Hester Prynne. Hester
             is the beautiful woman wearing a bright A on her bosom. She
             carries her baby (Pearl) in her arms. While standing on the
             scaffold she has flash backs of her old life, and the
             childhood school days, and her mother and father, also the
             Chapter 3: The Recognition: While standing upon the Scaffold
             she recognizes a small disformed "native" man in the
             background. While no one in the rest of the town knows him
             Hester is in shock that he is here. The man (Roger
             Chillingworth) asks why this woman is standing on the
             scaffold and what she did to get there. He learns of her
             crime (adultery) and her punishment to stand on the scaffold
             for three hours and to wear the letter A on her chest for
             the rest of her life. Chillingworth also learns that she
             will not name the father of her baby. His goal is to find
             out who the father is. Rev. Dimmesdale try to pry the
             fathers identity out of Hester. But he does not succeed.
             After a long sermon she is led back to the prison.
             Chapter 4: The Interview: Hester is in her prison cell and
             is very nervous. Pearl is having convulsions. Then, Roger
             Chillingworth comes to Hesters cell. He gives Pearl medicine
             that makes her fall asleep. He then gives Hester a sedative
             to calm her nerves. Hester and Chillingworth have
             conversations over who is to blame for the affair. And we
             learn that he is Hester's secret husband who had sent her to
             Boston before himself, she had taken him as dead at sea.
             Hester promises not to tell anyone who he is...

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