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Scarlet Letter

In “The Scarlet Letter” there are four driving forces that separate the plot into four separate parts. For each of these parts, there is a separate catalyst, which is a person or thing that brings about some change or changes, without being directly affected itself. In Chapters one through eight, the catalysts are the puritans. In chapters nine through twelve, the catalyst is Chillingworth. In Chapters thirteen through nineteen, the catalyst is Hester. Finally in chapters twenty through twenty-four the catalyst is Dimmesdale. These four main characters are important to “The Scarlet Letter” because they affect the story in their own unique way. In their certain chapters, they may not be the main character or the character that is being concentrated on, but they are vital to the novel’s plot. If these characters were eliminated from the chapters, then the story of “The Scarlet Letter” would not be the same story today.

In the first eight chapters, the puritans,...

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