The theme of The Scarlet Letter is very much that people aren’t one dimensional and can have relationships with people that put them in a different light with those people. This is seen with Hester and Pearl’s relationship. The town sees Hester as the adulterer and a sinner and they view Pearl as a bad, elfish child. However, to Pearl, Hester is her loving, caring mother. To Hester, Pearl is precious and she sees the gentler side of Pearl the town doesn’t see. Another example is Dimmesdale. The town sees him as amazing and unable to sin. They worship the very ground he walks on. But our three other main characters, he is the broken adulterer. Chillingworth actively tries to destroy Dimmesdale and when he gives Pearl a kiss she tries to wash it off in the
The theme of The Scarlet Letter is very much that people aren’t one dimensional and can have relationships with people that put them in a different light with those people. This is seen with Hester and Pearl’s relationship. The town sees Hester as the adulterer and a sinner and they view Pearl as a bad, elfish child. However, to Pearl, Hester is her loving, caring mother. To Hester, Pearl is precious and she sees the gentler side of Pearl the town doesn’t see. Another example is Dimmesdale. The town sees him as amazing and unable to sin. They worship the very ground he walks on. But our three other main characters, he is the broken adulterer. Chillingworth actively tries to destroy Dimmesdale and when he gives Pearl a kiss she tries to wash it off in the