The common assumption is that he has some version of a
letter "A" on his chest, although it is not clearly stated in the text. Different
scholars have different theories on how the letter "A" could have gotten there -- did he
burn or carve it himself? Is some sort of guilt-induced occurrence? In Chapter 12,
Dimmesdale seems to have pain on his chest implying that that the wound is
self-inflicted, but Hawthorne does not make it clear.
There
are references to what is on his chest in Chapters 10 and 12.
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