Chapters 2-3
First scaffold: Hester displayed in daylight with Pearl.
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From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The novel's architecture turns on three scaffold tableaux: Hester's public shame, Dimmesdale's midnight vigil, and Dimmesdale's final confession.
Chapter 12, 'The Minister's Vigil'
Second scaffold: midnight, Dimmesdale joined by Hester and Pearl, the meteor's A blazing overhead.
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Third scaffold: Dimmesdale's Election Day confession and death.
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