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Hester, Pearl, And Roger Chillingworth In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a remarkable American novel. Hawthorne created this story to have many different characters. The main characters of this book are Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Most of these main characters evolved throughout the book, however, this is not true for all of them. Despite Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale evolving throughout The Scarlet Letter, the only character that did not change was Chillingworth, who was introduced as evil which eventually led to his demise.
In the beginning of the novel, the main character was introduced, Hester Prynne. Hester’s character evolved throughout the story both physically and emotionally. As she was being introduced, a town official led her out onto the scaffold where all the people of the town gathered to publicly shame her for her sin. As Hester arrived on the scaffold she tried to hide something on her chest, later revealed as a scarlet letter “A”, from the crowd. This subtle action was a sign that she was embarrassed and ashamed of what she had done. Although, Hester felt that her scarlet letter was a burden of shame on her life she eventually came to accept the scarlet letter that laid upon her bosom. As the story continued Hester stopped hiding the letter which signified that she took pride in it and was no longer ashamed of it, although the town still shunned her because of it. The letter had become so much a part of her that the first time she took
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