... and Pearl in The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne play significant roles to the overall theme of the novel. These characters produce themes, and play important roles. Although they are minor characters, they are significant to the major characters and most importantly to the novel. The political figure Richard Bellingham is identified as the governor of the Massachusetts colony (Bayum 16). Bellingham governed the puritan colony by the bible, a source ... in herself kinship with life in every form. Although the forest is a place of dread, evil, and the haunt of witches and o...

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... elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Pearl is involved in the complex nature of the story, as a result of her mothers adulteress ways she is shunned from society and even looked down upon by her mother. Pearl is the Human embodiment of what the Scarlet letter A stands for. Pearl plays one of the most crucial roles within the story, Hawthorne uses Pearl as ... Pearl really is(Baym 93). Hester is frustrated when everyday Pearl questions the Scarlet letter upon her mother's bosom. In making Pearl's garment Hester cleverly...

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