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Alex Greenhill November 13, 2001 English- Period 3 The Scarlet Letter Essay Pearl: Hester's Treasure or Fool's Gold? In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne uses vivid figures to express his story. The main character, Hester Prynne, is an adulterous character that ends up having a good-hearted soul. Arthur Dimmesdale is a respected minister but hides a sin that eventually destroys him from the inside. Roger Chillingworth has a distorted soul that represents true evil to the fullest. However, one character has more mystery to her than any other. Pearl, at times thought to be of "demon origin" and perhaps not a "human child", provides an essential balance to the book but is really not exposed to a full extent (84, 92). She possesses unexplainable mysterious qualities that give this story a mystical twist. As Hester's "emblem of guilt and torture", Pearl does remind many of the terrible sin that was committed,...

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