Soldan AP English .4 March 31, 2001 Unification In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the three scaffold scenes provide the novel with basic structure and perfect balance. The scaffold scenes unite the plot and the four main characters together. Also, each scene atop the scaffold symbolizes a major turning point in the novel, where sin is either confessed and/or developed. The first scaffold scene is where the reader meets all of the significant characters; …showed first 75 words of 948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 948 total…mentor, pass away with a clean soul because he confesses his sins. With the death of Dimmesdale, Chillingworth too has no more to live for as he has no ones life to make miserable, so he, too, dies. It is atop the scaffold where all major turning points and confessions occur and bring the story together. This story is therefore centered around the scaffold scenes and consequently provides the novel with its structure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**