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Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Notes

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Arthur Dimmesdale Exclaims "Thou hast escaped me!" as he dies on the scaffold after delivering an Election Day sermon.
Roger Chillingworth Hester's husband; called "the leech," captured by Native Americans, and acts as Dimmesdale's tormenting physician.
Jonathan Pue Surveyor whose manuscript and gold-embroidered cloth are found in "The Custom-House" introduction.
Suzan-Lori Parks Playwright who adapted the novel into the plays In the Blood and Fucking A.
Meteor Traces out a red "A" in the night sky as Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl form an "electric chain" on the scaffold.
Hester Prynne Protagonist forced to wear a red embroidered letter "A" after giving birth to Pearl out of wedlock.
Pearl Hester's "elfish" daughter who identifies the sunshine running away from her mother in the forest.
"The Custom-House" Introductory essay where the narrator details finding Pue's papers and describes the Salem port.
Mistress Hibbins Governor Bellingham's witch sister who invites characters to meet the "Black Man" in the forest.
Governor Bellingham Puritan official whose Aladdin-like mansion houses a reflective suit of armor.
Master Brackett The jailer who brings the physician Chillingworth into Hester's prison cell.
John Wilson Boston minister who conducts a public interrogation of Hester on the scaffold.
Election Day Sermon The acclaimed address given by Dimmesdale shortly before he mounts the scaffold to confess his sin and die.
Wild Rose Bush Grows outside the prison door, contrasting with the gloomy Puritan settlement.
Tombstone Inscription The shared grave marker ending the novel, described as "On a field, sable, the letter A, gules".
John Updike Author who wrote a series of novels (A Month of Sundays, S., Roger's Version) inspired by the book's characters.
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