The Scarlet Letter Summary: Chapters 7-11

In these chapters, Hester visits the governors mansion. She wants to come up out if the rumors that pull together might be taken away from her are uncoiled. When she finally meets with the governor she begs him to not take her daughter away from her. They assent to not separate the mother and child, and Pearl seems to take a desire to the governor. Chillingworth tries to convince the governor to reopen the case of revealing who the father of Pearl is, but he refuses.Chillingworth changed his name upon his arrival to Boston to hide his true identity, even though Hester knows his true Identity, and she was sworn to secrecy. He is known as the doctor of the town, and because the town has very little medical help, he is openly welcome. When Dimmesdale begins to have lots of chest pains, the doctor moves in with him to make authoritative everything is ok. Even though the minister doesnt trust the doctor, because he has no reason for his distrust, he still does what he says.The mini sters distemper causes him to give more powerful sermons, mostly focusing in sins. At night, he cant sleep and he begins to have visions. He has a vision of Hester pointing at her scarlet letter, and so pointing at the clergyman. The minister believes that he is jus delusional and doesnt pay any mind to his visions. He thusly begins to torture himself, by whipping himself, not eating, and not sleeping. He then thinks he knows how to remedy his pain. He decides to hold a vigil, on the same scaffold where Hester had suffered her punishment years ago