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dchbowen4life
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High School - 11th Grade

Can someone summarize chapters nine and ten of "The Scarlet Letter"?

No I'm just confused on these chapters.

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Posted by dchbowen4life on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM and tagged with chapter 10, chapter 9, summary, the scarlet letter.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The people of the town are noticing that the health of Rev. Dimmesdale is getting worse. They try to persuade him to get help from Chillingworth. Dimmesdale says he would prefer to die than take Chillingworth's medicine but the church elders insist. So, Chillingworth and the minister begin to spend a lot of time together. Chillingworth appears to ask Dimmesdale many leading questions about secret sin and Hester and Pearl. It seems Chillingworth suspects something. Eventually, Chillingworth moves into the same boarding house as Dimmesdale. He then discovers something on the minister's chest that seems to confirm to Chillingworth's that Dimmesdale is Pearl's father.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 1:22 PM