SummAries Chapter 1: The Prison-Door: The first chapter in the Scarlet Letter the setting is Boston in the 17th century in front of the prison. The prison was plain colored and the surroundings were very ordinary except for the rosebush that is outside of the prison. All the Puritans dressed in drab, dull colored clothing. Chapter 2: The Market Place: Outside of the Prison the ugly puritan women discuss the adultery of Hester Prynne. Hester is the …showed first 75 words of 3699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3699 total…end her days in the place of her love, sin, suffering. No one expects her to wear the scarlet letter, but she places it on her chest and constantly wears it. When she dies, she is placed near Dimmesdale's grave with one tombstone marking both their graves. It is marked with a scarlet letter "A". That also says “On a field, sable, the letter A, gules.” Bibliography I am a 15 yr. old girl from PA