Hester and Pearl as Putitans inner sins (PG 78 and 81)
They become symbols of sin and they reflect the people and their deep inner thoughs. Hawthorne’s tone in Chapter 5 is asking if you would rather be like hester and fell in love and became an outcast, or someone who never let themselves fall in love and reserve their hearts because it’s the “right” thing to do. The Puritans also see how Hester dresses Pearl in these extravagant clothes and realizes that even though Hester did fall in love and did commit adultery she is still living among them creating beautiful things, and then they think what would happen if they decided to follow their inner desires and be true to what their soul wants. What could happen then?
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