he former aspect of an intellectual and studious man, calm and quiet...had altogether vanished and had been succeeded by an eager, searching, almost fierce, yet carefully guarded look."(p.163)Chillingsworth did all in his power to torture the minister. "He now dug into the poor clergyman’s heart like a miner searching for gold."(p.127)Pearl, who throughout the novel shows a strange insight into people, calls Chillingsworth the "Black Man."It can therefore be said that revenge and hatred can destroy a person.PearlIn The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is more of a symbol than an example of a theme through character development. She is the embodiment of Hester’s and Dimmesdale’s sin. Pearl is the living symbol of adultery. She is the living embodiment of the scarlet A symbol of passion. Hester recognized this and as a result dressed Pearl in the same way her scarlet letter is adorned. She dresses Pearl in crimson velvet abundantly embroidered with flourishes of gold thread. Pearl is also the symbol of the illicit union between Hester and Dimmesdale. In the second scaffold scene she is the link between the two.But although Pearl is foremost a symbol, she does develop greatly in this book. Pearl is also reinforces other themes in the novel. For example, in the end of the story Pearl is seen changed while enforcing the theme that the truth can set you free. In the third scaffold scene, she finally kisses Dimmesdale, who has finally come clean with the truth. Pearl has now broken the spell. The truth causes Dimmesdale’s joy and now Pearl would "grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world, but be a woman in it."(p.238)PlotThe plot in The Scarlet Letter is mostly developed in the three scaffold scenes. Here is where the major characters are in conflict with themselves or with each other. In the first scaffold scene there is conflict between Hester and the community. The town is punishing ...
