Scarlet Letter Study Guide English 11-16

Shikha Patel 10/5/13 Period 1 The Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-16 28. The secret practices that the minister engages in as a result of the ?immoral troubles? that beset him are beating himself in his closet with chains and whips, and he fasts for long periods of time for forgiveness of his sin. 29. Dimmesdale ascends the scaffold at night because he is being eaten away by his guilt. He shouts his sin out at the town although no one is really listening to him. 30. Pearl puts two and two together when she sees Dimmesdale clutching his heart and the placement of her mother?s A on her chest. She asks her mother questions about it and is very persistent.