Hester Prynne Transformation

In the beginning of this section, Hester Prynne hears rumors that Pearl will be taken away from her as she is seen as an unfit mother due to her sins. She goes to Governor Bellingham's house to deliver some gloves and to ask him about these rumors. While in the house, Pearl points out her and Hester's reflections in some of the armor, and Hester is horrified since the majority of her image is taken by the Scarlet Letter. He later, along with Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Wilson, claims that he has the intention of taking Pearl, so Hester tries to persuade them by mentioning how she will teach her important life lessons. After insulting the child, Wilson tests Pearl’s religious knowledge, but she refuses which leads Hester to beg Dimmesdale to let her keep Pearl. They decide that Hester can keep her …show more content…
Chillingworth begins to push Dimmesdale for more answers and finds something on the ministers chest while he’s asleep and rejoices. The doctor uses this to get revenge on Dimmesdale and causes the minister to lose trust in his physician and see images at night, like physically hurting himself, and himself on the scaffold paying for his sins just as Hester did. Dimmesdale arrives at the scaffold that night and sees Wilson passing him, but the other man does not even notice that he’s there. The minister begins to imagine what it would be like to confess in front of the entire town, and is later joined by Pearl and Hester. He promises to admit to his sins on Judgement Day and a meteor suddenly appeared and created a red “A” in the sky. Dimmesdale then notices Chillingworth in the distance, but Hester, unable to reveal his identity as sworn to secrecy, allows Pearl to, but she tells him gibberish as a way to punish him for not confessing to be her father to the town. Chillingworth forces Dimmesdale down, and they go