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The character Roger Chillingworth is Hester's original husband.

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Who is Master Brackett in the scarlett letter?

He is Hester's husband, who is disguising himself as a physician so he could meet with Hester.Master Brackett is actually the Jailer at the prison that Hester is at. Hester's husband, who disguised himself as a Doctor, is Rodger Chillingworth (which is a fake name he adopted when he entered to town).


In Scarlet Letter why does pearl not recognize her mother when she sees her with Dimmesdale in the forest?

Hawthorne makes it fairly explicit that Pearl is the symbolic representation of Hester Prynne's scarlet letter: she is the product of her adultery, and as she grows, Pearl comes to embody the letter itself. When she sees her mother and Dimmesdale in the forest, then, the absence of the scarlet letter makes her mother foreign to her. The scarlet letter is her connection to her mother; in a way, she is the scarlet letter. To see her mother without it, then, is as if to see a stranger. The letter has consumed and subsumed Hester so much that without the letter, she is not the same person. Any distance between Hester and letter is, to Pearl, an impossibility, so thoroughly has Hester's life become her adultery, and taking it off is to make her unrecognizable to her daughter.


Who does hester meet in the forest-?

Hester meets Reverend Dimmesdale in the forest. They have a private conversation where they discuss their sins and their plans for the future. This encounter plays a significant role in the development of the storyline in the novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.


Why does Hester Prynne return to Boston?

No it was not because tiger woods was there. It was because Hester wanted to be with Dimmesdale. In the end she is buried with him and that is why she never took off the scarlet letter. When Dimmesdale confesses, he basically says that they will never be together again because he was going to hell, while she, Hester, was going to heaven. Hester does not want to believe it so what she does is that she never takes off the scarlet letter because she does not want to be redeemed, she wants to keep the letter on her breast so when she dies she will meet up with him in hell or wherever it is the Dimmesdale was going. By dying in the same situation that Dimmesdale did, she has hope that they will meet up together again be it hell or heaven. That is why she returns to Boston. She does it so she can be buried with him because she has hope that they'll be together again in the afterlife.


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Where had arthur gone when hester decided to try to meet with him?

Arthur was in the forest when Hester decided to meet with him.


Where had arthur gone when hester decide to try to meet with him?

Arthur had gone to the forest when Hester decided to meet with him.


Who is Pearl from The Scarlet Letter?

She is the human form of Hester's sin. Just like the scarlet letter "A" is an example of Hester's sin, Pearl is as well. She walks alongside Hester as constant reminder of Hester's isolation and suffering. She also reminds Reverand Dimmsdale of his sin.


What did Hester tell Roger Chillingworth when they met on the peninsula?

When Hester meets Roger Chillingworth on the peninsula, she tells him that she is going to make Reverend Dimmesdale aware of Chillingworth's true identity (Roger Prynne - Hester's former husband.)Hester says to Roger Chillingworth "I must reveal the secret. He [Arthur Dimmesdale] must discern thy true character, to discuss this matter with him, told him to be there for that discussion.


Where does Hester plan to meet Dimmesdale?

Hester plans to meet Dimmesdale in the forest outside of town. This secluded and natural setting allows them to have a private and intimate conversation away from the judgmental eyes of society.


What does Hester recognize in the crowd?

her husband who had just come from living with the indians and learning their ways with medicine. he did not know what to expect and was slow to react to the situation at hand. after they meet for the first time since he treats her and her infant pearl.


Where does hester meet up with chillingworth?

Hester meets up with Chillingworth in the prison where she is being held for her public shaming. Chillingworth arrives in the colony and poses as a doctor in order to gain access to Hester and extract information about her relationship with Dimmesdale.