The Scarlet Letter

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eep living because of her daughter and Dimmesdale’s . Pearl still gave her mother reason to grieve. She was a very strange person. Hester wanted the help Dimmesdale , but she had to go through Chillingworth. She approaches him and he mentioned the removal of the scarlet letter. She asked him to treat Dimmesdale with kindness and to leave him alone. All Chillingworth wanted was revenge. Hester accepts her wrong to her husband. Hester wanted her husband to free her of her promise to him, and after her many pleading he agrees.


CHAPTER 16: A Forest Walk

Hester is anxious to tell Dimmesdale about Chillingworth's true
identity. She decides, however, not to go to his residence, where
she might see Chillingworth. She waits for a chance to meet him
on one of his solitary walks. She often takes Pearl in the forest,
hoping to find Dimmesdale. One day, Pearl notices that the
sunshine comes and goes due to heavy clouds. Pearl playfully
says that the sunshine is trying to run away from her mother's
scarlet ...