Scarlet Letter: Environment VS. Characters A quote by Pearl Buck states that she believes that in most American novels, the incident and environment is much more important than the characters. For the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, I believe that her ... a modern time period, the reader and audience would not accept her decision most likely. Also, DNA testing could have been done immediately to find out who was the father of Pearl. This would have defeated the whole purpose of Roger Chillingworth's character. Today, it is still possible for people to change their identity as Chlling...

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