THe Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter The prison is sad and gloomy. There is a small crowd of Puritans standing outside. Their clothes reflect the darkness of the prison. Hester Prynne is outwardly imprisoned. She committed adultery, and is now being punished for it through solitude and division. Arthur Dimmesdale is inwardly imprisoned, because he feels guilty inside for not confessing his sin. In the midst of all of the obscurity there is a single rose bush that …

…warns him about the public seeing him. Dimmesdale is finally able to confess what he had done, and dies. Then about a year later, Chillingworth dies, and Hester and Pearl move away from Boston. Pearl inherits a large sum of money from Chillingworth, so they are very well off. Before Hester dies, she moves back to Boston, and is buried next to Dimmesdale, with one tombstone with the letter “A” marking both of their graves.