"The Scarlet Letter" reviewed by Sarah on June 15, 2010 The
Scarlet Letter Write a review of the book, including plot
points, if you wish: In Nathaniel Hawthorne�s classic, The
Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister living in
colonial Boston, is being tormented by the sin he committed with
Hester Prynne, a young woman and newcomer to Boston whose
husband has been missing for two years. Initially in the first
scaffold scene, Dimmesdale causes himself to become a hypocrite
by concealing his sin in the depths of his heart. Through the
next two scaffold scenes that take place in the novel,
Dimmesdale resolves his inner struggle by realizing that
truthfulness and confession are the only way to receive
happiness and peace. Thus, while the first two scaffold scenes
highlight Dimmesdale�s secrecy and hypocrisy, his confession and
truthfulness in the third scaffold scene bring about change of
heart, happiness and peace. In the first scaffold scene,
Dimmesdale refrains from truthfulness and causes himsel