4. Which event best describes the climax of The Scarlet Letter Hester returns to her old house to live out her days.

Pearl's "spell" is broken, allowing her to live a happy life.
Dimmesdale publicly confesses on the scaffold.
Chillingworth leaves Pearl his wealth.
(The Scarlett letter)

What is most likely the speaker’s reason to open with this? in approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the [fourteenth] amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when plessy v. ferguson was written. we must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in american life throughout the nation. only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws.