The Scarlet LetterBut the Letter haunted others, as well. Its mystery turned Roger Chillingworth from a gentle healer into a man driven by revenge. Its meaning burned into Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale's heart, as deadly as a cancer. And its power loomed over the life of Hester's daughter, the uncontrollable child Pearl. |
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answered Hester Art thou Arthur Dimmesdale aspect beauty beheld beneath Blithedale Romance bosom breast brook brought character child clergyman cried Custom House dark deep Dimmesdale's doom Dost thou earth earthly Endicott England evil eyes face fancy father felt forest gaze gleam Governor Bellingham gray guilty hand hath Hawthorne heart Hester Prynne hither human ignominy imagination impulse infant John Endicott kind knew likewise little Pearl look magistrates market place mind minister minister's Mistress Hibbins moral mother NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE nature ness never Old Manse old Roger Chillingworth once pale passion perchance physician pillory Prynne's Puritan Reverend Roger Williams scaffold scarlet letter scene secret seemed seen shadow shame sinful smile solemn Sophia Peabody sorrow soul speak spirit steps stood strange sunshine Surveyor sympathy thee thou hast thought tion token town trainband truth venerable voice whispered wild Wilt thou woman yonder young