... her as evil because of how she came to this world. Pearl was never given the chance to define herself: "Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world. An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, she had no right among christened infants. " (96) This quote shows how society labels Pearl due to what her mother had done and that Pearl was ... said to be the counterpoint of the good in ourselves. In The Scarlet Letter the nature of evil is shown to the readers through the characters of Pearl and Chillingsworth. Pearl demonstrates the nature of evil from birth. Pearl is both her mother's pu...

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... inclined and use religion in all aspects of life including the court system. The bible states, "he [that adulteress] destroyeth his own soul"(6.32 Bible). This quote plays an important role in this book because the main characters, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, are adulteress. Using this, Hawthorne can describe the way Puritans deal with sin. Hawthorne's universal belief that ... guilt endures until penance is made is delineated by the way in which puritans deal with guilt. Hester Prynne, ... as this symbol is, it "was red-hot with infernal fire" (Hawthorne 82). The letter not ...

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