Some of us came, my dear, but we were turned away.
Your slave came every day. 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.
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!
She's here.
Harriet, 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.
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
that Mistress Roger Prynne
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 accountability under which l labour.
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,
it would be better than to
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 and reviled by every man,
woman and child in this town!
Why do you wait? Put it on!
lt is not a badge of my shame, but your own!
What do you want?
Have l changed so much, my beloved,
that you would slay me as l resurrect myself from the dead?
Roger?
Hester.
Was l ever unkind to you?
Did l not love thee?
Did l not see thee above all womanhood?
Are you not bound to me by sacred oath?
Or has this new land turned thee into a heathen?
Lay our bed will thou, wife.
Pray for thy sins, Hester Prynne.
Beg the Lord to forgive thy corruption.
Pray and l'll wash thee as white as snow.
White as snow, my love.
White as snow.
Arthur?
Hester?
Thank God you're here!
-Why are you taking this risk? -l had to warn you.
My husband is alive.
Dear God!
Alive?
Now we'll hang for certain.
Why would he show up at this moment if he wasn't God's dark messenger
sent to punish us.
Arthur, you must leave without us.
l cannot bear to see you trapped here,
under his watchful eye forever.
Hester, l must stay and watch over you and Pearl
No. You don't know him
He'll wait for us to betray each other
with the slightest glance or the merest gesture.
Please. You must go!
This God's punishment,
because we tried to run from His Will.
l will not say farewell, Hester.
Pray God watch over you.
And so will l.
Kiss Pearl for me each night.
It's easy to see the mother's part in her.
ls it beyond research, l wonder,
to analyze her nature, and from it's make and mold,
give a shrewd guess as to the father?
What are your expectations?
l do not expect your heart to return to you quickly.
But l hope one day you will draw me again
into your heart.
Love has forced me to open my heart to another.
Watch your tongue, woman!
It's this phantom lover who puts these words into your mouth1!
Where is he?
ls his kiss
still wet on your lips, on your breast?
-l demand to know! -lf l spent 6 months in a cold jail,
and did not tell these iron men,
what makes you think l'll tell you now?
These trials have made me strong!
And l am not the child you married!
Why not announce yourself openly and cast me off at once.
No, no.
l seek no vengeance against you.
But the man lives who wronged us both
He bears no letter of infamy
wrought into his garment.
But l shall read it on his heart.
Breathe one word to him of my true identity,
and you will both hang.
lf you try to escape,
you will be easily found.
Easily!
From the savages
l have learned patience,
Hester Prynne.
Goody Gotwick, thank you.
Reverend, allow me to introduce our newest boarder,
Doctor Chilling...
Chillingworth. - Chillingworth.
Good day, man.
Good day, sir.
What brings you to our colony, sir?
l'm a physician, sir. l would cleanse the ills
of the community.
Have l said something strange?
No.
l'm amazed.
We have prayed for a skilled physician.
l see you are translating the Bible into Algonquin.
A most difficult tongue to master.
lf l can be of help, Reverend.
l am fluent in Algonquin.
-Fluent? -Yes.
l was a prisoner of the Tarrantine.
When l spoke improperly, l was whipped.
l learned quite rapidly.
How were you captured?
l was working my farm in Virginia.
They came,
killed my wife, Eleanor, God rest her soul,
and our infant son,
and sold me into captivity.
lt's a wonder you're not consumed
with bitterness and despair.
No, no. ln truth, l am indebted to the lndians.
Some say they are savages, but true savagery,
l find resides elsewhere.
Mistress Roger Prynne. 254 00: 20:33,713 --> 00:20:35,714 Mistress Prynne.
And what is your duty, boy?
Follow you around, Mistress.
Well, at least they'll make a path for me.
Whore!
God will punish you, sinner!
Jezebel!
You're not welcome here!
Be gone, Hester Prynne!
Soap, please. Three pieces.
Although he wore no outward symbol
of his shame,
my father wore his own scarlet letter on the bosom of his soul.
The pain of their separation must have affected us all.
I was a troublesome child.
My father ached for my mother,
and filled his loneliness in the wilds with Johnny.
They struggled
to keep alive their dream
of building a bridge between English and Indian.
Johnny,
why are they so close to town?
They say our people have fallen asleep.
So they must remain awake for all of us.
l'm worried.
ls war coming?
The great experiment is not working, is it?
Yes, he's right.
lf there's war, what is to stop our praying lndians
from rising up
and slitting our throats as we sleep?
Faith, Thomas. Faith.
l know what will stop them.
Arthur's friendship with Johnny Sassamon.
Johnny would never betray Arthur.
He worships him.
As Peter worshipped
Jesus.
Gentlemen. Doctor.
lf there's a true war,
God help us all.
for neither we nor the savaged will survive it.
l see the governor appreciates the signs less than yee,
his Godly advisors.
lt is not always easy.
Strangely, the same thing happened in Virginia.
Before the attack,
there were signs that went unheeded.
What manner of signs?
The bad winter. The crop failures.
Far too many Quakers and foreigners in the town.
Some minor elements
of witchcraft, etc.
Exactly!
Our first sign was that
of Hester Prynne and her women's meetings.
Then the severe winter.
The failed crops.
You see, sir,
my colleague has feared from the start,
that in the matter of Mistress Prynne
witchcraft was involved.
Then why in all this time have you not taken measures
to cleanse your colony?
What measures do you speak of?
Did you examine the women present at those meetings?
Have you queried the midwife,
or inspected the child for the witch's marks?
l shall fear no evil.
l prepare us a table in the presence of thine enemy.
My cup
runneth over
Surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me.
l will dwell in the house of the Lord.
The babe's clean,
at present.
Hester,
we shall leave your child with you for the present,
but you must assure us it will be raised a Christian.
Yes, yes.
Yes.
l've been your friend today.
But it cannot always be so. No.
For inside me l grow more wretched by the day.
l yearn so much for thee.
l fear l might destroy
her whole world to win her back.
Tell old Harriet what's troubling you.
l never imagined
how cruel and cunning their punishment could be.
Stonehall y Cheever stop to preach at me in the street.
The people pointing and shouting.
Even the children.
And that horrible drummer boy following me everywhere.
Perhaps it was all for naught.
l wonder if to be a woman is worthwhile at all.
Even for the happiest of women.
Courage, child.
Take heart. At least you've known what it is to love.
But what if l've repaid it by destroying him?
What if
everything l believed so strongly was a lie?
Vain and
selfish.
Prynne's cruel punishments
were succeeding.
The seasons ran their course.
The distance between them was impassable.
My mother took the terrible risk Of writing to my father,
reminding to keep their love and his silence.
The subtle but constant presence of Prynne
was a torment
that threatened my father's very soul.
As for Prynne,
his lust for revenge
fed on itself
so that he hungered for more.
Good morrow, Mituba.
What a pleasant day for a ride.
Poor Mituba.
You're renowned for your loyalty to your Mistress,
and l see why.
Was your dry lunch a communication from her lover?
l have the power to arrest you as an accomplice to adultery
and bring you before the magistrates for questioning.
And since you are a slave,
they might whip you to death.
Easy. Easy.
l only want to help the one we both love.
To free herself from the grasp of a fiend.
Dear Lord, this is it!
He made you strip naked before him!
Totally naked!
Was there a presence in the room?
Now think! Think!
He might have come in one of his many disguises
Did he come as a bird?
Oh, God. l feel
the presence of Lucifer!
Save yourself before it's too late!
Gentlemen, please!
Enough!
Go home, Mituba. You've been a wondrous help.
Commend us to your Mistress.
Go home.
So there is a malignancy
to be cut our here.
But what kind of witness will a slave be in court?
The bird, obviously. is Harriet Hibbons.
What is it, Pearl?
- Forgive me, Hester. - Harriet.
Yours was the first place l thought of to hide.
What is it?
They've, they've, they've ah...
broken into my house. They're looking for me in the woods.
l've been named
as a witch!
ln the name of God!
Halt there!
Yes, sir!
What's the meaning of this intrusion?
Stand aside, woman!
We know the witch is in here.
There's no one inside
but me, my child and Mituba
So unless you have a warrant, be gone.
Reverend Dimmesdale.
What's happening, major?
We've cornered ourselves a witch.
Here in Hester Prynne's cottage.
lf there's a witch inside the house, major,
l'll find her.
Right.
One man at the door.
-Soldier! -Sir?
Pearl's grown tall.
She's an elf.
Willful.
Dear God, Hester.
lt's been so long.
You're thin.
Are you hiding someone, Hester?
Why do you...?
Why are you risking
further anger from the elders?
Because she is no witch! She's committed no crime
beyond speaking her mind!
lf she is innocent,
l assure you no harm will befall her.
Arthur. After all that has happened,
how can you still trust these iron men?
Don't you see what's happening?
Last month they brought Sally Short for questioning.
They held her for 2 days. Last week it was Mary Rollins.
They just questioned them!
What's the crime in that?
The crime is they had nothing!
Don't you see
this is some malevolence?
-What has become of you? -God, woman!
What are your demands?
l've given up everything l own sacred!
l'm in Hell!
ln the eye of your husband, who lurks at my side day and night.
ln the eye of all who come to me to unburden their soul!
l'm a pollution!
l'm a lie!
They are the pollution!
They are the lie!
But you allow them to destroy all that is good in you!
What's happened to the man l love?
Does he not still live inside thee?
Our love, woman, was a folly.
And the voice we heard,
we have been punished for listening to!
What have l become?
To betray the only person on earth who had shown her kindness.
What could feel worse than that?
Mituba?
Poor, mute Mituba.
When Prynne summoned her,
she wanted only to undo the harm sh'd caused her Mistress.
Peace in this House!
Peace, l say. Peace!
You find these proceedings humorous, Mistress?
Do you expect me to take them seriously?
You're a bunch of grown men
poking around my private parts looking for witch's marks!
The slave, Mituba...
Peace, l say. Peace!
The witness, the slave Mituba, has been found dead.
l told you she was a witch!
-Mistress Hibbons is a witch! -She's a witch!
Witch!
Have you lost all reason?
There's no witchcraft here!
This is murder!
Guards,
restrain this woman!
Satan is not at work here among the women!
But if he's here, perhaps is at work among you men!
Here Satan speaks!
Governor?
l have evidence to render
As you know,
Mistress Hibbons midwifed Mistress Prynne's
baby Pearl.
Sweet Pearl.
Bastard!
No!
Pearl.
l wish you were my girl.
Poor fatherless child.
Would you like to learn a game?
Yes. Now do what l do.
lf l pinch my nose.
You too. Very good, very good.
Now,
pull up my shirt and show my tummy tum-tum.
Now show me your tummy tum-tum.
Pull up your shirt.
Behold the witch's mark!
Behold the devil's own child!
The devil's own child! The devil's own child!
This woman is innocent!
lnnocent?
Since you first spoke
of this woman,
all we've dreamed and toiled for in God's name has been threatened!
l've heard enough!
Have you listened?
Factions! Arguments! Dissent!
That is the work of Satan!
The town was in an uproar.
My father risked one last meeting with my mother,
convinced that if they were to hang
Harriet, it would not be long
before my motherand I would be seized...and hung.
l had to speak out.
l couldn't stop myself.
Damn your husband!
You and Pearl must go in hiding. Tonight.
l cannot.
l cannot run.
What are you saying?
Forgive me.
Whatever happens,
promise me you'll look after Pearl.
God, woman, how much further must you take this?
As far as my strength will take me.
lf Harriet is to hang, l must hang with her.
l'll ask the other women to stand with us.
They can't hang us all.
Hester, are we ever to know a life together?
l love thee.
l love thee and always will.
l will always love thee
Lord God, we stood before thee naked once,
and now we stand before thee
naked again, as a family.
God! Thou has given me this as a gift,
and l will not give it up!
Not while l have the strength.
Arthur?
Evening, Mistress Prynne. Expecting someone else?
Ah, no.
Didn't you call out for Arthur?
The only Arthur l know is... Dimmesdale.
You misunderstood me, l didn't say...
l should have guessed long ago.
You naughty girl.
So you fucked our minister
God, l'm about to savour a priceless morsel!
Up we go!
Did he suck your breasts?
Did he lick you?
Where did he lick you?
Show me!
How l wanted to put it in you!
This is to make you pay for my fantasies.
While you were torturing me,
you were giving it to another.
Damned witch!
Get out!
Do up your britches and get out!
Bastard! Get out of here!
How l will enjoy watching you and the pastor hang!
Open up, doctor!
There are matters between us we must discus immediately.
So, Arthur Dimmesdale.
At last justice is done!
�Ha sido asesinado!
Call out the militia! Call out the guards!
It's a sign! The Lord has sent us a sign!
We have strayed!
See how he punishes us! 595 00: 48:25,920 --> 00:48:28,410 It's Brewster. Those savages
have killed him!
My son! My son!
Damned heathens!
Lock up the praying lndians,
before they murder us in our beds!
Get the praying lndians!
Praying lndians into the compound!
We are loyal to you!
By order of the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
you are under arrest for the crime of heresy.
Stop this. lt was one of us who killed Brewster.
l have proof.
Bastard!
Johnny, run to Metacomet's place by the river.
Tell him to come and save his people. Run, man!
Here come the witches!
Open the cell.
-Never mind the child. -Pearl!
-Get in, woman! -Pearl?
Worry not, Mistress.
l'll see she's raised up to fear the Lord.
Open up, murderer!
There is no witchcraft here!
lf we hang these women,
then what have we become?
Who are we
to condemn
on God's behalf?
l love this woman.
l am
the father of her child.
And in God's eyes,
l am her husband.
lf you must hang someone,
to appease
your anger and fear,
then hang me.
Hang him!
Bastards!
Hester!
Where's my daughter, Pearl?
She's in the meeting house!
You are free, my people. Go back to Metacomet!
Go back to the forest!
Bellingham will do anything to conceal this madness from England.
He has sworn to me that he will remove the letter.
And make thee a public apology
How close they are, love and hate.
We're no less bound by one than the other.
Rest in peace, Roger Prynne.
This letter has served a purpose.
Though not the one
they had intended.
So why would l stay here?
To be accepted by them? To be tamed by them?
-There is no perfect world. -No, not perfect.
But we came here to make a new one.
And for Pearl's sake,
l must do just that.
Hester.
Hester!
Look at me.
lf l look at you, l won't be able to leave
Then leave.
Brave the wilds!
But Hester,
l'm not letting you go without me.
They're watching us.
In the faraway Carolinas,
they were at last to find a measure of the happiness
that had been denied them for so long.
My father died before I reached my teens.
Some say that was a punishment.
My mother never remarried nor loved another.
Some say that was a punishment.
As for me,
I do not see it that way.
My parents shared a love like no other.
I know the spirit of that love lives within me.
And will live within my children for ever.
Who is to say what is a sin in God's eyes?
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