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What is the last line of the scarlet letter?
The last line has to do with the letter “A” following her to her grave. The symbolism is well explained in the paragraphs just before the last line. Basically, she becomes a saint, the townspeople/preacher the true sinners.
What is Chapter 8 called in The Scarlet Letter?
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chapter 8: “The Elf-Child and the Minister”,” The Scarlet Letter, Lit2Go Edition, (1850), accessed October 30, 2021, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/127/the-scarlet-letter/2273/chapter-8-the-elf-child-and-the-minister/.
Who defends Hester in Chapter 8?
Dimmesdale
Hester begs Dimmesdale to defend her. Dimmesdale argues that Pearl was sent by God to serve as Hester’s one true punishment and to guard her from sinning again.
How old is Pearl at the end of the scarlet letter?
She is quite young during most of the events of this novel—when Dimmesdale dies she is only seven years old—and her real importance lies in her ability to provoke the adult characters in the book.
What happened to Pearl at the end of the scarlet letter?
In a rather ironic ending, Pearl, the “elf-child” becomes the most human in the final scaffold scene. Having inherited property from Chillingworth, she has become the “richest heiress of her day, in the New World.” With such riches, she may have married well, but her mother has taken her away to Europe.
How has Chillingworth changed in Chapter 8?
In Chapter VIII of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth, who has now become physician to the Reverend Dimmesdale, has been altered much in appearance. The indications of the dark and ugly changes in the appearance of Roger Chillingworth foreshadow the descent into evil that his soul will take.
Who does Pearl say made her?
In answer to the very first question — “Who made thee?” — Pearl replies that she was not made, but that she was “plucked . . . off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison door.”
How does Pearl get rich?
How does Pearl become wealthy? She discovers pirates’ treasure. She marries the governor’s son. She inherits Chillingworth’s estate and marries a nobleman.
Who is Hester’s lover?
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale Dimmesdale is a young man who achieved fame in England as a theologian and then emigrated to America. In a moment of weakness, he and Hester became lovers. Although he will not confess it publicly, he is the father of her child.