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Hester Prynne 海斯特白蘭 C Roger Chillingworth羅杰奇林渥斯 DDimmesdale 代爾 Heroine H married to C, who was old and ugly and devoted his whole life to studying. There was no love between the couple. But H and minister D loved each other. And H gave birth to a daughter called Pearl. According to Puritanism, they mitted adultery. H was punished in public and had to wear the scarlet letterA standing for adultery in her life as a lifelong sign of her sin. But she had a strong will and refused to say who the child’s father was. H’s long separated husband C came back from Britain and discovered her relationship with minister D. Also he knew what had happened with the scaffold, so he decided to find the child’s father to revenge. He disguised as a doctor. D suffered from his beliefs and conscience in long time and became thin and pallid. People asked D and C to live together to treat his illness. Living together provided the opportunity for C to revenge. So C tormented the poor minister unceasingly in vicious and clever method. At last, D can’t endure C’s humiliation and inner torment any longer, he mitted his sin in public and died in H’s arms. H sustains all humiliation and proved to be a strongminded and capable woman. As she is ready to offer help and advice to other women in trouble