... Dimmesdale sick but also trigger the fundamental change in his character. Chillingworth however is not Dimmesdale's enemy. The townspeople, who represent the Puritan society, play a decisive role as the second antagonist in the story. The Puritans were very religious people. They spent their whole life serving God in the hope ... age children were taught to prevent contact with those sinners, "As the two wayfares came within the precincts of the town, the children of the puritans looked up from their play, - or what passed for play with those sombre little urchins, - and spake gravely one...

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• Grade Level: High School

... "able." Many the townspeople realized what a high quality of character Hester possessed. They would call to each other, "Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge? It is our Hester- the town's Hester ." (111). The changing attitudes of the people in her society did eventually acknowledge the brave, strong woman Hester always had been. However, they never would know what it ... A is a symbol used to develop Hester's character. It means "adulteress," but it changes metaphorically throughout the whole novel. For instance, we see Hawthorne's compassion toward Hester at a point in the...

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• Grade Level: High School