The scarlet letter : a romance, Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary:Hester Prynne has given birth to an illegitimate child and refused to say the name of the biological father. That means she had to be punished. She had to stand on a platform of the pillory for three hours and she had to wear, for the rest of her life, a scarlet letter A (for adultery) on her bosom as a mark of shame.
Mr. Dimmesdale tried to force her to tell the name of the father, but she won¡¦t. Only Mr. Dimmesdale and Hester knew that Mr. Dimmesdale the biological father was.
In the public in front of the pillory stood her former husband. He wanted to know who the father is of the child, named Pearl. Hester refused to tell him, and therefore he asked her to keep his name secret too. He settled