The Scarlet Letter Page #4
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l love and honor the man who has
fathered this child!
And say what you will,
he is my true husband for life,
and l shall furnish no information
Very well, you leave me no choice.
You're under arrest.
ls this your new Jerusalem?
Let me have a moment alone
with the woman.
-l can draw the name from her.
-You shall have your chance.
Gentlemen.
l've considered all the arguments
to speak to Mistress Prynne alone.
Hester Prynne,
place your hand
on the Good Book.
Let us pray.
Let us pray.
Why did you not tell me?
l was afraid.
l would miscarry.
l must go to Bellingham
with the truth.
No, you must not!
You are a saint to these people!
They'll hang you for betraying them!
l prefer to hang, than allow you
to suffer for me.
They've no case against me!
-When they tire, they'll release me.
-l know Stonehall.
You've challenged him,
and he'll not release you
until you are humbled
and have recanted your sins.
Do you believe we've sinned?
l know not.
a consecration. Have you forgotten?
l've not forgotten!
Arthur, l know you want
to speak out.
But you risk your own ruin
and deny me
to this hypocrisy.
Soldier!
lf l need you to speak,
l'll tie this handkerchief
from the window.
l love thee woman,
but your strength frightens me.
l'll do what you ask.
Amen.
God be with you.
l'm sure he already is.
Gentlemen,
Mistress Prynne has been there
more than 5 months
without any legal justification.
Even in Plymouth they regard this
as barbaric!
l'd like to free her.
At home, l have no peace on this.
But the people see us go to her
week after week, caps in hand,
only to be turned away.
The woman is unrepentant!
She's fortunate we haven't
beaten her publicly!
l'm surprised at you Reverend.
You came here a man of reason.
l came here expecting
some semblance of order.
lnstead l find
a den of fractiousness!
Sir, if you do not
stem this dissent,
my wife and l will return
to England.
And take our parishioners!
lf only she would give us
a small sign of contrition.
Ifit had been up to him,
my father,
revealed the truth ofmy origins.
But bound by my mother's wish,
he could not.
He went every day to see her
and was refused.
His eye everon that window
forhersign that it was time
to come forward with the truth.
Had there been flashes ofPrynne's
unstable nature before
in England?
No one knows.
But now, free from
Puritan society,
he was increasingly seized
by spirits so powerful
they were terrifying
even to the Indians.
He has a ghost in him.
He'll bring us bad luck.
Send him home.
Forgive me, Lord,
forI have turned from
my Heavenly Father.
Forgive me.
Lord, bring me back to thy bosom.
God's teeth, child!
How could they leave you thus?
l'm so glad you're here!
6 months and not one visitor.
Some of us came, my dear,
but we were turned away.
How quick are the pains?
-They're not stopping.
-Here.
Take a sip of this.
l wager you won't refuse
my cider this time.
Rvd. Dimmesdale tried always
to get you freed.
-Another?
-Yes.
All right, breathe deep.
Breathe deep.
Hold on to me!
Good girl!
Easy, easy.
Let me see.
All's well. All's well.
lt's close.
lt's very close.
Come, my dear. lt's time.
Up you sit.
Good girl. There.
Move down a little.
Good.
This child is ready to be born.
We've work to do!
There.
How could they
keep me here so long?
Well, l'll say this,
you must have a will of iron.
When you take on the men,
it leads to death.
All right, my dear.
Chin down and bear down hard!
More and harder!
Harder! Good!
Good girl. That's it.
Easy.
Easy.
Good. Easy.
Are you sure
God's not punishing me?
To be sure he's punishing you.
He be giving you a child!.
Now. Gently.
Now the head is coming.
The head is through.
Just a little more.
Easy.
Easy. Easy.
She'd here!
Oh, thank you, God!
Yes!
Little Pearl.
Yes!
Yes!
Harriet, she's here!
She's here.
Sit there, Mistress.
Proceed, Reverend.
l'll have them fetch fresh clothes
for you and the babe.
l bring good news.
l've prevailed upon the Governor.
You are to be freed.
But by law...
you'll be brought to the scaffold
for reprimand.
Hester.
Whatever is said,
please,
be as contrite as
your conscience permits.
lf not for my sake,
for the babe's.
l beg you,
don't anger them further!
l've come to baptize
the babe.
l've died not seeing you.
l came every day.
l baptize this child,
Pearl.
Pearl.
ln the name of the Father,
and the son,
and the Holy Ghost.
May the Lord bless thee,
and care for thee,
and watch over thee.
Amen.
Freeing this woman
is an invitation to every wife
to defy her husband.
Every child it's parent!
No, she should be released.
What?
You don't put her in prison,
you put the prison in her.
So each time someone sees her,
her sin will be marked into
her soul afresh.
Cunningly contrived, my dear.
Make way in the King's name.
A blessing on the righteous
Colony of Massachusetts,
where iniquity is dragged
into the sunlight!
Know ye
has been ordered
to bear punishment for
fornication and adultery.
lf it be determined later
that her husband be still alive,
she may face a most severe penalty,
which is to be hanged by the neck
until dead.
Pray, silence,
for his Excellency,
the Governor.
Hester Prynne,
though you show no
modesty in you apparel,
yet you have a chance, still,
to repent your sins.
Yes, Hester, repent!
Child, don't you believe
you have sinned?
l believe l have sinned
in your eyes,
but who is to know if God
shares your views?
Woman,
transgress not the limits
of Heaven's mercy!
Reverend Dimmesdale,
you are her pastor.
Speak to her for all our sakes!
Soften her, her hardness
her obstinacy!
Listen to the Reverend!
Speak to the woman, my brother.
Exalt her to confess the truth!
Hester Prynne,
you hear what these
good men say,
and see the accountablity
under which l labor.
For your soul's peace,
l charge thee
speak out the name
of your fellow sinner.
Be not silent
for some mistaken pity
or tenderness for him.
For believe me, if he could
step down and stand beside you
on your pedestal of shame,
carry a guilty heart
through life.
What can your silence
do for him,
except to tempt him?
And compel him
to add hypocrisy to sin?
Speak.
She will not speak.
ln the name of the Lord,
name him!
Name him!
-His name!
-What is his name?
Who might he be?
Very well.
Beadle!
Mistress, if you do not speak out
his name, wear upon your bodice
this symbol of your sinful
fornication.
Heed not this
final warning,
and you will be a pariah,
cut off, shunned
woman and child in this town!
Why do you wait?
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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