Scarlet Letter

Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are two estranged lovers. They have a daughter named Pearl, who was the product of Hester’s and Arthur’s adultery. When Hester became pregnant, she had absolutely no idea where her repugnant, disfigured husband, old Roger Chillingworth was. After two years, was thought to have been at the bottom of the sea. The father of …

…that he seemed as though to be married to God. He could not live on knowing that had betrayed God and gave up his religion. Hester was the complete opposite who is romantic and does whatever she sees fit in order to make her feel happy. If they were to be joined as a couple they would not connect mentally very well, because of these differences of character. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne