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Chapter 16: Forest Walk In chapter 16, Hester takes Pearl into the forest to find Dimmesdale and tell him about Chillingworth. When they are there Pearl tells her mother that the sunshine is afraid of her. Then Hester see's Dimmesdale and she meets up with him, so that they could talk.

Chapter 17: The Pastor and his Parishioner In chapter 17, Hester sees Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest and she goes to talk to him. She tells him about how Roger Chillingworth is actually her husband. At first he won't forgive her but after she begs him to, he does. Dimmesdale becomes worried that Chillingworth will tell everyone about how he is Pearl's father, but Hester tells him that Roger Chillingworth won't do that because if he did, he wouldn't be able to take out his revenge on them anymore.



Chapter 18: A Flood of Sunshine In chapter 18, Dimmesdale thinks about all the suffering that he has gone through in the seven years that have gone by. He and Hester continue to talk how they both feel joy now. Hester takes her scarlet letter off of her dress. Hester tells Dimmesdale that he will love Pearl, and she will love him back. While Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne have been talking, Pearl has been off on her own, exploring the forest.

Chapter 19: The Child at the Brook-Side In chapter 19, Hester tells Pearl to come join her and Dimmesdale. Pearl refused to come,then she pointed at her mother's scarlet letter. After a little while Pearl came to them, and kissed her mother and the scarlet letter. Hester tries to nudge Pearl to hug Dimmesdale as well, but Hester doesn't tell Pearl that the minister is her father. Pearl, then asked “Will he go back with us, hand in hand, we three together, into the town?” When Dimmesdale refused, Pearl ran back to the brook to wash off the kiss he gave her on the forehead.

Chapter 20: The Minister in a Maze In chapter 20, the minister returns to town, and can hardly believe that Hester and him have decided to go to Europe. Through Hester's charity work, she became friends with the crew of a ship that is to depart for England in four days, and the couple plans to to make their voyage on this ship. As he passes one of the church elders on his way through town, the minister can barely control his urge to utter blasphemous statements. He encounters several other people, but continues to walk. When he reaches his house, Dimmesdale tells Chillingworth that he no longer is in need of his medicine. Chillingworth becomes suspicious but is afraid to ask Dimmesdale outright if he knows his knows his real identity. Dimmesdale then starts to write a new sermon that he has to give for Election Day.

Chapter 21: The New England Holiday In chapter 21, this holiday's purpose is to celebrate the installation of a new governor. The celebration is mostly sober, but the townspeople’s love of splendor permits them to have fun as well. As they wait in the marketplace among many different people, Pearl asks Hester if the minister; who doesn't want to acknowledge them in public, will hold out his hands to her as he did at the brook-side. Lost in her thoughts and ignored by the crowd, Hester is imagining herself escaping from many years of sadness and isolation. Her happiness is shattered, because one of the sailors tells her that Chillingworth will be joining them on their passage, because they are in need of a doctor, and that he is a member of Hester's party. Hester then looks up and see's Chillingworth standing across the marketplace, smirking at her.



Chapter 22: The Procession In chapter 22 it's the day of the Election Sermon and all the honored men and soldiers are paraded through the square. Through out the parade people notice that Dimmesdale is looking much better. While the procession continues Hester thinks twice about her plans with Dimmesdale. Pearl has wondered off and meet the ship captain. He tells Pearl to give a message to her mother ; Chillingworth will be bringing along the minister.While Pearl is away Mistress Hibbins comes up to Hester. Hibbins tells Hester that she knows Dimmesdale was in the forest with her. She then tells Hester to join her next time to meet the Black Man.

Chapter 23:The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter After Dimmesdale gives his Election Day Sermon the people fill out and Dimmesdale see's Hester and Pearl. He grabs them and they go to the scaffold on which Hester and Pearl stand in the beginning of the book, and which Dimmesdale stood with them in a previous chapter. Chillingworth see's this and tugs on Dimmesdale trying to stop him. Dimmesdale ignores this and they stand on the scaffold together. Dimmesdale calls him self a sinner as he becomes weak. With a sudden alarm he begins to tear at his garment revealing his chest ; revealing some sort of mark. He then collapses to the ground. Chillingworth is very upset and cries out "thou hast escaped me." Hester comes to Dimmedale aid and asks if they will be together in the after-life, he tells her it is up to God. He tells her Good-Bye and then dies.

Chapter 24: Conslusion In the final chapter Dimmesdale has died and it tells that Chillingworth having nothing to live for shrivels up with nothing to motivate his life. he soon passes away before the end of the year. With his death he leaves two properties to little Pearl, one in New England and one in Europe. Hester and Pearl soon go back to Europe and live there. One day some children are playing in the woods and see an old woman next to the house in which Hester Prynn once lived. the old woman turns to face the boys, the children then see the scarlet A on her chest and know the grey haired woman in Hester. the word spreads that Pearl has grown up to marry and rich man and she has become very wealthy. After Hester's death she is buried in the cemetery next to Dimmesdale. They share a single head stone with a scarlet letter A.