The Scarlet Letter

According to the New England Primer, a basic textbook used during Puritan times, *In Adam*s fall, we sinned all.* This quote very much applies to Nathaniel Hawthorne*s characters in The Scarlet Letter. The main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and the Puritan society represented by the townspeople, all sinned. The story is a study of the effects of sin on the hearts and minds of Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. Sin strengthens …

…the story was Pearl. Pearl is the embodiment of her parents* sin. She is the incarnate of the letter *A* on Hester*s chest. Pearl also is Hester*s constant reminder that she has committed a great sin. Pearl almost seemed inhuman until the end of the novel. Lastly, I feel Hawthorne*s The Scarlet Letter is an almost! history novel of the Puritan society, and its conviction of sin, in his view and research.