The Scarlet Letter Movie Vs Book

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The changes to the end of the book are not needed but does add a bit of dramatical flare to the movie. Moviegoers like to have a happier ending if the story is one of darkness, sin, and guilt. This movie takes care of that for most. In the book the story ends with Hester trying to get away from Chillingsworth on a ship departing for England, but she is kept from doing so because he catches her. She stays in town and the Reverend gives his Election day sermon. After he does this he makes his way to the scaffold to proclaim the truth, with Hester, Pearl, and Chillingsworth. Right after he does this he passes away. In the movie, however, the ending is quite different because it has action and a happy ending for Hester and Dimmsdale, along with