The Scarlet Letter

     Although The Scarlet Letter is quite the complicated novel, I will attempt to conjure my "psychic" skills in predicting the outcome of the book. To start off, the father of Pearl will be revealed to be Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. This predication was the effect of the interrogation at the Governor's house, the day Hester delivered the Governor's gloves. When the men were questioning wether they should take Pearl away from Hester, Hester looked to the Reverend for protection. Up to this point, Hester was a very self-sufficient woman, who did not need the help of anyone but herself. The fact that she is now asking for help, shows that she somehow trusts the Reverend. Also, on the day she stood on the scaffold, the Reverend asked her who the father of Pearl is. After she refused to answer, he did not question her any further, which is odd, especially when they made Hester's crime a ginormous deal in the community. Furthermore, since Reverend Dimmesdale is considered one of the holiest minister's in the community, the truth that will soon be revealed will cause chaos. The townspeople will believe that if a man as holy as the Reverend committed one of the greatest sins ever, then it will be fine to commit sins themselves. This will cause religious conflicts, and soon the town will be run by the witches, who include Pearl. Throughout all of this commotion, Roger Chillingworth will use his medicinal practice to kill Reverend Dimmesdale, and take revenge for what the Reverend has done to his wife. Later, he will realize that he has deprived Pearl of her father, and his guilty conscience will lead to a suicidal death, again using his own medicine to kill himself.