Hester Prynne is shamed after she has an affair with Reverend Dimmesdale and a child out of wedlock with him. These literary devices and Hawthorne’s plot continue to resound with readers, allowing the novel to remain popular with readers today. Examples include the scarlet letter itself, the brook, the roses, and Pearl’s name. Symbolism is another literary device prevalent in the novel. Will Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale be able to start a new life as a family n Europe, or will Chillingworth finally attain his retribution?Themes in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter include isolation, hypocrisy, the nature of evil, the role of a woman in society, the destructive power of guilt, revenge, and the pressures society places on individuals to conform. He remains committed to seeking revenge, and will use any means necessary to fulfill his need. Chillingworth is aware of the conversation between Hester and Dimmesdale. However, both Hester and Dimmesdale are plagued by feelings of dread and doom that continue to interrupt their elation.Īnother threat to their future happiness remains. Hester offers to leave with him, and they plan to leave on a ship bound for Europe in three days. She expresses her desire for Dimmesdale to leave the country for his own safety, but Dimmesdale does not want to be alone.
She reveals Chillingworth’s true identity to Dimmesdale and begs for his forgiveness. As a result, Hester must break the promise she made years ago to never reveal the identity of Chillingworth in order to save Dimmesdale’s life. Her secret is slowly killing the minister. Hester discovers Chillingworth’s plan to torture Dimmesdale on a daily basis, and recognizes that Dimmesdale’s health is significantly impacted by the revenge plot.
He plots an elaborate scheme in order to avenge the wrong he perceives was committed by Dimmesdale. Chillingworth eventually determines that Dimmesdale is the father of Hester’s daughter, Pearl. He befriends the Reverend Dimmesdale, the sickly young minister. He assumes a new name, Roger Chillingworth, and becomes known as a physician specializing in alternative medicine. He decides to seek revenge against the man who, in his opinion, ruined Hester’s life and stole his wife from him. Hester’s former husband returns to witness Hester’s shame. The letter “A” stands for adultery and causes her and her daughter to be scorned by the members of her community. As a punishment, Hester is made to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest at all times. She alone must bear the shame and isolation resulting from her actions. Even under intense pressure, Hester refuses to reveal her secret. The village leaders hope to shame her into naming her lover by making her into a public spectacle. She has committed adultery, given birth to a child out of wedlock, and refuses to name the man with whom she had the affair. Hester’s story begins on a scaffold just outside the town prison.
The narrator then relates the story of Hester Prynne, the original bearer of the scarlet letter, who lived in Boston when it was just a small Puritan settlement in the seventeenth century. The novel begins with the narrator, a Custom House official, who happens to find a scarlet letter “A” in a box he finds one day in the office.
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