sentenced to three hours on the scaffold and a lifetime of wearing the scarlet letter on her chest. The narrator then introduces us to the town fathers who are in judgment of Hester Prynne: Governor Bellingham, Reverend Wilson, and Reverend Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale, a young minister who is famous for his articulate speaking, religious passion, and theological expertise, is told to demand that Hester say the name of her child’s father. He tells her that she should not protect the man’s identity out of…
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