The Scaffold
In the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne has three major events on the towns scaffold. The scaffold is a platform in the middle of the city where people go to be shamed. The scaffold determines the path on which the three main characters Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale, and their daughter Pearl will end up. The scaffold is a platform where criminals like Hester Prynne are shamed and punished before all the townspeople. The first scene at the scaffold is when Hester Prynne is first publically seen with her daughter Pearl. Her husband Chillingworth has returned out the bloom and joined the on lookers that past judgment on Hester. Hester’s secret lover Mr. Dimmesdale is there also but joined with the others on the balcony who
In the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne has three major events on the towns scaffold. The scaffold is a platform in the middle of the city where people go to be shamed. The scaffold determines the path on which the three main characters Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale, and their daughter Pearl will end up. The scaffold is a platform where criminals like Hester Prynne are shamed and punished before all the townspeople. The first scene at the scaffold is when Hester Prynne is first publically seen with her daughter Pearl. Her husband Chillingworth has returned out the bloom and joined the on lookers that past judgment on Hester. Hester’s secret lover Mr. Dimmesdale is there also but joined with the others on the balcony who