Hester and Dimmesdale meet in the
forest after she tells Pearl to leave
Hester and Dimmesdale go into the
shadows of the woods to talk and
first discuss normal things like
weather and health. However, the
discussion then became a talk about
the themes deepest in their hearts
Dimmesdale describes his
suffering as his sin had eaten
away at his mental state
Hester tries to explain how he should be at
peace and happy because of all of the
repenting that he had done just like Hester
Hester asks Dimmesdale to forgive
her and then explains that
Chillingworth was her husband
Dimmesdale becomes angry and blames her
for making him go through the torture that
Chillingworth had developed for him
As the argument goes on they
forgive each other and pray that
God forgives them both
Both realize the horror of Chillingworth and
Dimmesdale is scared that Chillingworth
will expose both of them and Hester
Hester reassures Dimmesdale that he
wouldn't expose them and explain that she
wants to leave this place to live as a family
Chapter 18
Events
Hester now has a hopeful
and joyful look in her eyes
Hester had been walking a life
without guidance until the scarlet
letter which becomes a bunch of
teachers and taught her to be strong
Dimmesdale had also faced many problems and many
similar to Hester's. Both had gone through shame,
despair, and solitude that guided them in certain ways.
Hester grew stronger while Dimmesdale became more
uneasy and wrecked by the sin .
Both Dimmesdale and Hester become
happy with the decision to move away
from this society
Hester removes her scarlet letter and regains the
description that she had while on the scaffold
The sunlight that had ran away from her in
previous chapters now shines on her like Pearl
Vocab
Epoch - a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events
Malevolent - having or showing a wish to do evil to others