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Little Pearl is one of the most interesting characters I have featured here in Character Thursday. First, she was just a little girl—aro...

In the Puritan society in New England, Hester Pryne committed adultery with a man whom she concealed the identity. For that, she must we...

I happened to find this lovely quote from The Scarlet Letter . This quote appeared in the narration, when Hester and Dimmesdale met each o...

When I was working out with The Scarlet Letter for my The Well Educated Mind self-project, I came to the thoughts of “Sin” and “Repent...

Chapter XXI – The New England Holiday Election Day was one of the rare holidays for New England when the Puritans—usually repressed by...

Chapter XVII – The Pastor and His Parishioner Dimmesdale and Hester met each other in the forest; Hester told him that Chillingworth w...

If I was one of Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale’s parishioner in The Scarlet Letter, this is what I would write him…. Dear Rev. Dimmesdale, ...

Chapter XIII – Another View of Hester Seven years after Pearl was born, now people saw Hester as a kind and charitable woman who alway...

Chapter IX – The Leech Roger Chillingworth befriended with young minister Dimmesdale who got paler and weaker day after day; and final...

Chapter V – Her Needle "Hester at her needle" (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection ) Out of the prison, Hester li...

[A woman’s sufferings from cruel treatment and humiliation of Puritan society] Chapter I – The Prison Door [ source ] An old p...