<P> Tormented by his guilty conscience, Dimmesdale goes to the square where Hester was punished years earlier . Climbing the scaffold, he admits his guilt but cannot find the courage to do so publicly . Hester, shocked by Dimmesdale's deterioration, decides to obtain a release from her vow of silence to her husband . </P> <P> Several days later, Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest and tells him of her husband and his desire for revenge . She convinces Dimmesdale to leave Boston in secret on a ship to Europe where they can start life anew . Renewed by this plan, the minister seems to gain new energy . On Election Day, Dimmesdale gives what is declared to be one of his most inspired sermons . But as the procession leaves the church, Dimmesdale climbs upon the scaffold and confesses his sin, dying in Hester's arms . Later, most witnesses swear that they saw a stigma in the form of a scarlet "A" upon his chest, although some deny this statement . Chillingworth, losing his will for revenge, dies shortly thereafter and leaves Pearl a substantial inheritance . </P> <P> After several years, Hester returns to her cottage and resumes wearing the scarlet letter . When she dies, she is buried near the grave of Dimmesdale, and they share a simple slate tombstone engraved with an escutcheon described as: "On a field, sable, the letter A, gules" ("On a field, black, the letter A, red"). </P> <P> The major theme of The Scarlet Letter is shaming and social stigmatizing, both Hester's public humiliation and Dimmesdale's private shame and fear of exposure . Notably, their liaison is never spoken of, so the circumstances that lead to Hester's pregnancy, and how their affair was kept secret never become part of the plot . </P>

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