... ." Hester has been accused of adultery and the small child in her arms is illegitimate.   In the third chapter, a small, deformed man accompanied by an Indian is identified in the crowd. As Hester's eyes search the gathering of people, she recognizes him and a look of horror flashes across her face. Soon recognition appears in his face too, as he sees her standing plainly on the platform. As the book describes it, " his ... approaches, Pearl wonders fleetingly, before she goes off to play in the woods, if the Black Man has also met the reverend, and that the minister clutches his hand o...

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• Grade Level: High School