... being, part devil, part medieval alchemist, and part evil scientist.47 Hester's daughter, Pearl, is described as a "demon child"48 who constantly taunts her mother. She is also another unnatural link to this story. It is of common belief that Mistress Hibbins, the town witch, often dances in the forest with the Devil.49 One day, she calls to Hester, saying "there will be merry ... [is] a smell of ripe cornfields about him."91 During the Roaring Twenties, the Harlem Renaissance produced eerie poetry and prose. In Gwendolyn Bennett's "Lines Written at the Grave of Alexandre Dumas," Bennet...

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• Grade Level: High School