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1. Why is everybody gathered in the marketplace?
2. Who does Pearl ask Hester about being at the marketplace for the event?
3. Why does Pearl say that Dimmesdale is a strange man?
4. Who does Hester learn is joining them on the ship?
5. What was the “diversity” in the market place?

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1. They are there to see the procession for the day the new governor takes office.
2. She asks him about Dimmesdale.
3. She says this because Dimmesdale only acknowledges them and shows them affection when they are away from the public at night or in the forest. He never associates with them in public.
4. Chillingworth is joining them.
5. There are Spanish sailors, Indians, and Puritans in the marketplace.

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What factions of people were at Dimmesdale's Election Sermon?
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Who was the individual who confronted Hester about the Trip to the forest?
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During the Election Sermon, Pearl runs off to play and encounters this person?
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What does Hester relies about here relationship with Dimmesdale?
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Why Do the Gentlemen want to join the military company?

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Spanish Sailors, Native Americans, Townspeople, and Town Officials
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Mistress Hibbins
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Spanish Shipmaster
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She can have no real relationship with Dimmesdale
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So that they can learn the science and practices of war

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How does Chillingworth react to Dimmesdale bringing Hester and Pearl on the scaffold?
Why was Hester unhappy about Dimmesdale’s decision to confess his relationship to them?
Why was Dimmesdale in such haste to make his confession? Why was he so confident he should go through with it?
Why does Pearl feel comfortable kissing Dimmesdale now?
How were the townspeople reacting during and after Dimmesdale’s confession?

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He pushes his way through the crowd and grabs Dimmesdale’s arm. He yells at him, trying to talk him out of confessing, for the sake of his reputation and honor.
She was afraid the townspeople would kill all three of them.
He knew he was dying, but felt it was God’s will that he were to bear his shame before his passing.
Since he claimed his relationship with her and Hester, she felt comfortable claiming him as her father.
They had remained silent during his confession, but broke out into a deep murmur once he revealed the mark on his chest and when he died.

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1) How did the spectators of Dimmesdale’s death have different accounts for what happened?
2) Why did Hester return to the Puritan society and take up her long, forsaken shame?
3) What happened to Pearl?
4) What was the cause of Chillingsworth's death?
5) Why is there a space between Hester and Dimmesdale’s grave but they share a tombstone?

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1) some believed that he got the mark from hurting himself, others believed that the mark manifested from his guilt, and others believed that there wasn’t a mark and that he didn’t commit a sin.
2) She felt a connection to the place and that she belonged there
3) They don’t know for sure but some say she stayed in Europe, got married and had kids.
4) Because Dimmesdale died Chillingsworth didn’t have a purpose to do evil and get revenge
5) They committed the sin together, so they are connected and share a gravestone. However, the sin also prevents them from being too close because it was wrong.