# Master Brackett — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Master Brackett in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i-the-prison-door

## Who they are

The jailer who escorts Hester from prison to the scaffold.

## In the story

### [IV: The Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_letter_se/chapters/iv-the-interview)

The jailer who introduces Chillingworth as a physician and expresses frustration with Hester's insubordination.

### [The New England Holiday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_letter_se/chapters/xxi-the-new-england-holiday)

The old jailer nods and smiles at Pearl, remembering her as a baby.

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