Scarlet Letter 15-22

Chapter 15

• Hester hates Roger Chillingworth very much; thinks he is extremely evil - pg 158 and 159
• Pearl makes an "A" on her chest with eel grass- 161; "but freshly green, instead of scarlet" Pearl thinks her mother wears it for the same reason Dimmesdale puts his hand over his chest.

Chapter 16

• thinking about telling Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really is - pg 164
• '''Mother,'' said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself because it is afraid of something on your bosom....It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!"' pg 165
• Pearl asks if Hester ever met the black man - pg 167; "And mother, the old dame said that this scarlet letter was the Black Man's mark on thee"7
• Pearl thinks that Dimmesdale is the Black Man when he is walking toward them - pg169

Chapter 17

• Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband - pg 175
• Dimmesdale says he cannot forgive Hester for this and that she is account for him sickness but Hester tells him to let God punish her and for him to forgive her - pg 175
• And Dimmesdale does end up forgiving her - pg 176
• Dimmesdale is afraid that Chillingworth will tell everyone about Hester and Dimmesdale - pg 178
• Hester and Dimmesdale want to run away to Europe

Chapter 18

• They being to feel joy again - pg 182
• Hester took off the scarlet letter - pg 182; she let her hair down and smiled and got her beauty back - pg 183
• Hester is excited about Dimmesdale knowing his daughter (Pearl) and vice versa - pg 183
• Dimmesdale is worried that Pearl will not like him - pg -183

Chapter 19

• Pearl would not go to her mother unless she had the scarlet letter on her chest - pg 188-189; Hester puts the scarlet letter back on - 190
• Pearl asks if Dimmesdale will go back in town with them together "hand in hand" even though Hester has not yet told her that he is her father - pg 191

Chapter 20

• Hester finds a ship to take the three of them to Europe- pg 193
• Dimmesdale feels strange, he does not feel the same - pg 195
• Dimmesdale tells Chillingworth that he does need hid medication anymore - pg 201
• Chillingworth is kind of worried that Dimmesdale knows who he really is, but says nothing - pg 201

Chapter 21

• Chillingworth is going on the ship as well - pg 210; he says that he is apart of Hester's party
• When Hester looks up and sees Chillingworth he is smiling at her, " a smile which...conveyed secret and fearful meaning" - pg 211

Chapter 22

• Dimmesdale seemed healthier than ever - pg 213
• Pearl does not recognize him - pg 215
• Mistress Hibbins says that the Black Man's mark on Dimmesdale will soon be revealed to everyone - pg 216-217
• Chillingworth says that he will make sure Dimmesdale is on the ship, and that Hester should only take care of herself and Pearl. This worries Hester that they will all make it on the ship - pg 220
• Hester realizes that everyone is circling her and starting at her and the scarlet letter