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There are scholars who believe that she was the model of the character of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. Emigration to England and death All Hallows Staining, England. Denied a divorce by the Massachusetts Court, Bachiler finally returned to England about 1653. His children who had stayed in England were well off and able to take care of him.
Roger Chillingworth (Stephen Bachiler) - secret husband of Hester, seeks out the father of Pearl, discovers it is Dimmesdale and slowly tortures him as his doctor. Pearl (baby Mary) - the living embodiment of the scarlet letter, born in “sin”.
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May 7, 2024 · A Red-hot 'A' and a Lusting Divine: Sources For The Scarlet Letter, New England Quarterly article from 1987 which examines the possibility that Bachiler's fourth wife was the inspiration for Hester Prynne in Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter.
- Mary Magdalene Turner, “The Scarlet Letter
Dec 14, 2021 · Three years later, she was indicted and sentenced for adultery with a neighbor, potentially inspiring the character of Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter.” Even so, the courts would not grant Bachiler a divorce. He returned to England in 1653, where he died on Oct. 28, 1656.
Nov 1, 2014 · I was emotionally captivated in high school with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Never did I realize then that my own 9th Great Grandmother, Mary Bachiler, was likely the source of the novel's protagonist and heroine, Hester Pyrnne. In a book written in 1910 Mary was revealed as the woman inspiring Nathaniel Hawthorne's account of ...
Jun 28, 2012 · The Scarlet Letter (1995 film), Stephen BATCHELER’s life story contains elements of both Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. Demi Moore as Hester Prynne Gary Oldman as Arthur Dimmesdale
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Dec 23, 2017 · Mary was pregnant. The court decreed that her punishment should be delivered six weeks following the birth of the child, and that she be branded with the letter A, for her adultery. It has been posited that Mary Beedle Bachiler was the inspiration for Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter.
