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Chapter 2 Hester emerges from the prison door and goes the scaffold to be publicly condemned.

Chapter 3

chapter 4 Chilingsworth pressures Hester to tell him the identity of the father of Pearl. Chilingsworth uses a pseudonym so he can avoid the shame of having an unfaithful wife.

chapter 5 Hester is free to leave Boston but decides to stay even though she would be punished and isolated by the town people

chapter 6 This is when we find out that pearl is mischievous and not willing to do what she is told. People blame Hester because they think she is not a good enough mother and cant raise her daughter.