American Literature / Unit 8 AML 0718 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, Pearl
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The idea
Hester endures the punishment publicly and grows into the town's healer. Dimmesdale, the minister and the father, conceals his part and is destroyed by it. Chillingworth, the returned husband, becomes a tormentor. Pearl, the child, behaves as the letter made visible.
In practice
Public shame, hidden guilt, and revenge.
Where people slip
The concealed sinner suffers more than the punished one.
Your place on the trail
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