Set in
"an obscure night of early May", inwe findvisiting the scaffold. This is the very
scaffold on whichhad first become infamous for her pregnancy.
"The same platform or scaffold, black and weather-stained with the storm
or sunshine of seven long years..."
He went up there in what could be argued to be an act of . He is picturing himself
admitting to what he did and, for the first time, potentially accepting his guilt. Since
Dimmesdale is a deeply flawed man who pretends to be a true leader of his flock, he only shows
up at night. It was a coincidence that he seesand Hester, who were tending to the dying Governor
Winthrop.
Something that stands out in this scene is that Hester continues to
have some form of faith on Dimmesdale. Similarly, Dimmesdale continuously
disappoints.
This...
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