Title, Author and Publication
The Scarlet Letter is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in 1850 by Ticknor & Fields of Boston.
Setting
The Scarlet Letteris set in 17th century Boston which was then a small village populated mostly by Puritans.
Characters of The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne: the protagonist of the novel, Hester is a young married woman who has an affair with the village minister. Her infidelity is revealed with the pregnancy that results and she is forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' as the mark of her sin.Roger Chillingworth: the antagonist of the novel and Hester's husband. Chillingworth disguises himself as a doctor in order to discover Hester's partner in adultery.Arthur Dimmesdale: the village minister and Hester's lover. Dimmesdale's sin is protected by Hester, but his guilty conscience causes him significant physical ailments.Pearl: the illegitimate child of Hester and Dimmesdale.
Plot for The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter begins with Hester Prynne being taken from prison to be berated by the townspeople for both her adultery and for keeping her lover's name a secret. As the novel progresses, the reader realizes that Dimmesdale is Hester's lover and that Chillingworth is her husband in disguise bent on avenging his defamed honor. Hawthorne reveals the honest emotion that exists between Hester and Dimmesdale, but tempers it with the danger of their secret being revealed at the hand of Chillingworth. Dimmesdale's health deteriorates as his guilt eats away at him and eventually he reveals to the village that he is Hester's lover and Pearl's father.
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The Scarlet Letter is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in 1850 by Ticknor & Fields of Boston.
Setting
The Scarlet Letteris set in 17th century Boston which was then a small village populated mostly by Puritans.
Characters of The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne: the protagonist of the novel, Hester is a young married woman who has an affair with the village minister. Her infidelity is revealed with the pregnancy that results and she is forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' as the mark of her sin.Roger Chillingworth: the antagonist of the novel and Hester's husband. Chillingworth disguises himself as a doctor in order to discover Hester's partner in adultery.Arthur Dimmesdale: the village minister and Hester's lover. Dimmesdale's sin is protected by Hester, but his guilty conscience causes him significant physical ailments.Pearl: the illegitimate child of Hester and Dimmesdale.
Plot for The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter begins with Hester Prynne being taken from prison to be berated by the townspeople for both her adultery and for keeping her lover's name a secret. As the novel progresses, the reader realizes that Dimmesdale is Hester's lover and that Chillingworth is her husband in disguise bent on avenging his defamed honor. Hawthorne reveals the honest emotion that exists between Hester and Dimmesdale, but tempers it with the danger of their secret being revealed at the hand of Chillingworth. Dimmesdale's health deteriorates as his guilt eats away at him and eventually he reveals to the village that he is Hester's lover and Pearl's father.
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