In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne shows us three scaffold scenes that represents the basic structure of the novel. These three scenes took place in the center of the town which showed humiliation to the sinners. The scaffold scenes accorded in the beginning, middle, and end of the novel. Each scene showed how the book advanced action.
In the beginning, the first scaffold scene involves Hester and Pearl. Hester is standing on the scaffold and holding her baby, Pearl. Hester is outlooking a crowd full of townspeople that have gathered to watch her embarrassment and hear a sermon from the town's preacher. While standing on the platform, Hester notices her estranged husband, Roger Chillingworth in the crowd. This scene
In the beginning, the first scaffold scene involves Hester and Pearl. Hester is standing on the scaffold and holding her baby, Pearl. Hester is outlooking a crowd full of townspeople that have gathered to watch her embarrassment and hear a sermon from the town's preacher. While standing on the platform, Hester notices her estranged husband, Roger Chillingworth in the crowd. This scene