The Scarlet Letter is a unified, masterfully written novel. It is
structured around three crucial scaffold scenes and three major characters
that are all related. The story is about Hester Prynne, who is given a
scarlet letter to wear as a symbol of her adultery. Her life is closely
tied to two men, Roger Chillingworth, her husband, and Arthur Dimmesdale,
her minister and the father of her child. Her husband is an old, misshapen
man who Hester married while still in Europe. Chillingworth sends her
ahead of him to New England, and then does not follow her or correspond
with her for two years.

Ironically, he shows up on the day that Hester is publicly punished for
her sin of adultery. It is the first of the three scaffold scenes. Hester
stands alone, clutching her infant. Chillingworth and Dimmesdale stand in
the crowd watching her. Chillingworth is incensed over her sinfulness and
vows to find out the identity of her partner so that he can have his
revenge.
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Title: Scarlett
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