The title of chapter twenty-three is “The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter.” I think that Dimmesdale will expose his sin to the townspeople. Chillingworth will not give up, and will follow Hester wherever she might go.
Once Dimmesdale reveals his sin, he won’t be able to live any longer because, as we saw, when he came back from the forest, he had a mental breakdown. The scarlet letter that he carved onto his chest will appall the townspeople so much, that and his body will not be able to support its weight anymore, and he will die shamefully.
After Dimmesdale dies, Hester will no longer have a reason to stay in the town and might flee to another town with Pearl, to a place that knows nothing of the scarlet letter or its wearer. I suspect that the two of them will live happily ever after.
If you posted this statement before you read the book, you did very well. Are you sure that Dimmesdale place this mark on his own chest? Did it just appear there? Did Chillingworth cause it to happen? It is difficult to tell. Dimmesdale seems to say that God placed it there. This post is much better than some of your previous ones; grammar and English usage are good.
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