Scaffold+in+chapter+3+and+12-4


 * Chapter 3 and Chapter 12**


 * Represents in book:** In chapter 3, Pearl and Hester are alone at the scaffold and are being publicly humiliated, while Dimmesdale is watching by himself off to the side. Hester is alone during this and it is during the day. In chapter 12, the scene occurs during the night and it focuses on Dimmesdale's guilt and this has led to his insanity. He cannot tell anybody what he did because he would look as a horrible example in his community.


 * Represents on website:** It represents the bridge between heaven and earth. A broken scaffold could represent between death and mortality.