Chapter 12-resumé af The Scarlet Letter

Hvad sker der?

1. Dimmesdale climbs the scaffold at night, cries out, and fears discovery, but Wilson passes without noticing him.
2. Hester and Pearl return from Governor Winthrop’s deathbed, and Dimmesdale invites them onto the platform.
3. Holding Pearl’s hand restores his strength, but he refuses her request to stand together at noon.
4. A meteor lights the street; Dimmesdale sees a red A overhead and notices Chillingworth nearby.
5. Hester keeps silent about Chillingworth, Pearl mocks Dimmesdale’s fear, and the physician leads him home.
6. After Dimmesdale’s powerful Sabbath sermon, the sexton returns his glove and explains that townspeople read the celestial A as Angel.

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Arthur Dimmesdale accepts standing with Hester and Pearl at divine judgment but refuses earthly exposure. The line makes the limit of his courage explicit.

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