What chapter does Chillingworth find out about Dimmesdale?
What chapter does Chillingworth find out about Dimmesdale?
In chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter, “The Leech and his Patient”, Chillingworth tries everything he can to extract from Reverend Dimmesdale the truth about the ailment that has been consuming him alive.
What did Chillingworth find on Dimmesdale’s chest?
It is while Dimmesdale is sleeping one night that Chillingworth’s supsicions are confirmed; he looks at the sleeping Dimmesdale, and sees something on his chest that verifies he is indeed the man Hester had been with. There, on Dimmesdale’s chest, is an engraved letter A, cut into his skin and scarred over.
What do Chillingworth and Dimmesdale discuss in Chapter 10?
Most of Chapter 10 concerns the pulling and tugging by Chillingworth at the heart and soul of Dimmesdale. One day in Chillingworth’s study, they are interrupted in their earnest discussion by Pearl and Hester’s voices outside in the graveyard.
What does Chillingworth give Pearl in Chapter 24?
What does he give Pearl? Chillingworth withers away and dies shortly after Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and reveals his “A”. He gives Pearl all of his inheritance. He dies because his revenge is all he lives for.
How Will Hester Dimmesdale and Pearl leave Boston?
The great amount of land left to Pearl allows her and Hester to leave Boston. Describe the circumstances of Hester’s return to Salem? Several years later Hester returns to Boston.
What arrangement has Hester made for Dimmesdale Pearl and herself?
What is Hester’s plan for Dimmesdale, Pearl, and herself? To get on a ship and go to Europe, with its crowds they would fit in better there. They needed to live in a civilized place.
What does Pearl notice about the minister in Chapter 21?
She prophetically describes the minister as a “strange, sad man . . . with his hand always over his heart!” She does not understand why the minister cannot acknowledge her or her mother “here, in the sunny day.” The reader sees Hawthorne’s message: No matter how far away the three may sail or how long they may live.
Does Pearl know Dimmesdale her father?
Pearl clearly senses her father as Dimmesdale; she kisses him in the end. Hester makes one vague reference to Dimmesdale when Pearl asks her mother if she ever saw the black man of the forest.
What message does the ship’s captain give to Pearl?
What message does the shipmaster give to Pearl? He talked to Chillingworth and he’s going to bring his friend she likes.
What does Pearl say about Dimmesdale in Chapter 22?
“What should he say, Pearl,” answered Hester, “save that it was no time to kiss, and that kisses are not to be given in the market-place? Well for thee, foolish child, that thou didst not speak to him!”
Why does Pearl want Dimmesdale to greet them in the daylight?
Why does Pearl want Dimmesdale to greet them in the daylight? Pearl wants Dimmesdale to greet them in the daylight so everyone can see the truth, that he is her father. Chillingworth plans to leave on the same ship as Hester and Dimmesdale.
How does Pearl become 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.