Summary
The novel opens with Hester, the protagonist, being led to the scaffold where she is to be publicly shamed for having committed adultery. Hester is forced to wear the letter "A" on her gown at all times. Hester carries Pearl, her daughter, with her. While in public, she recognizes her husband from Amsterdam, Roger Chillingworth, the antagonist. Chillingworth visits Hester after she is returned to the prison. He tells her that he will find out who the man was. He then forces her to promise never to reveal his true identity. Hester moves into a cottage bordering the woods. She and Pearl live there in loneliness. Roger Chillingworth earns a reputation as being a good physician. He uses his reputation to get into the same home as Arthur Dimmesdale , a minister. Chillingworth eventually discovers that Dimmesdale is the true father of Pearl, at which point he spends every moment trying to make the minister suffer. Hester realizes that Chillingworth is slowly killing......

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Title: Scarlet Letter Report
Approximate Word Count: 1746
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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