The Scarlet Letter: The Scaffold's Power

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is very similar to the
other and helps us understand the torment of Dimmesdale. As before the
tortured Reverend Dimmesdale goes first on to the platform. He seeks a
confession of his sins a second time by calling out into the night. He then
sees Hester and Pearl coming down the street from the governor's house. As
before, they are asked to go up on the scaffold and be with the minister. At
this time Pearl questions the minister if he will do this at noontide and he
answers no. He once again is too much of a coward to confess out in the open.
The similarities continue with a revelation of another scarlet letter. Up in
the sky a scarlet "A" shines forth. Roger Chillingworth arrives and tells the
minister to get down from the scaffold. Chillingworth pleads for this so that
he can still torment the reverend. As the two men leave, the scene ends and
leaves us with additional information. It foreshadows a bigger and more
powerful scaffold scene.
The last scaffold scene is ...

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