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Plot Summary Of The Scarlet Letter Chapter 14-21
Alexis Byrd
10 September 2015 The Scarlet Letter, chapter 14-21

Plot 29
Pgs 196-200- Hester and Pearl are out in the town today. Hester sees Roger Chillingworth and tells Pearl to go play. Roger greets Hester with a very cordial attitude. Hester is taken back by this, but she goes along. Roger tells Hester that the Governor has talked about letting Hester take off the scarlet letter. Hester does not like this. She tells Roger that when her punishment time is up, her letter will just fall off.

Plot 30
Pgs 201-205- Roger is being very sarcastically nice to Hester. Hester still feels very guilty for the sin she committed with Dimmesdale. Roger knows that Dimmesdale is the father to Pearl. He has so much hate in his heart for …show more content…
She notices that Hester is not wearing her scarlet letter. Hester realizes that Pearl is not about to come. She has to put back on her scarlet letter before Pearl even thinks about walking over. Hester knows she has to wear the scarlet letter at least until they can leave.

Plot 40
Pgs 251-255- Pearl walks over to her mom. She gives her a big hug and kisses her forehead and the scarlet letter. She knows something is going on between Dimmesdale and Hester. She simply asks Dimmesdale if he is going to walk back into town with them. When Dimmesdale says no, Pearl gets really upset. Dimmesdale just tries to kiss her on the forehead, but Pearl runs because she is so angry at him.

Plot 41
Pgs 256-260 Dimmesdale leaves and heads back for town. He is really excited to leave and head for Europe. They are actually getting to leave in four days. He gets to preach his last sermon, which will hopefully be his best, before he leaves. As Dimmesdale gets back into town, he gets this really weird feeling. Everyone he sees, he just wants to say some weird stuff to them. He is actually thinking the Devil has got to him.

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