Throughout the time span of the book, there were three different scenes that took place on the scaffold. Each scaffold scene brought along a lot of different emotions as each character developed more and more in between the scenes. In the first scene, Hester and baby Pearl were standing on the scaffold to be shamed by the public. This scene allows us to feel pity for the mother and daughter. At this point we do not understand just why Hester will not give up the name of Pearl's father. By the second scene, we have gotten to understand Chillingworth and Dimmesdale even more as individual characters. Now, we see why Hester would want to protect Dimmesdale's identity. With her revenge driven husband in town, Hester is trying to protect her lover
