Scarlet Letter Characters
Scarlet Letter main characters
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- Governor Bellingham
- the gov. of the colony
- Arthur Dimmesdale
- young, handsome pastor hiding a dark secret
- Mistress Hibbins
- the ill-tempered sister of the Governor. Based upon an actual figure in history who was executed as a witch
- Pearl
- Her mothers only treasure, purchased at a great price. The living sermon to the Scarlet Letter
- Hester Prynne
- the protaganist;wife of Roger Chillingworth; adultress
- Hawthorne searched for
- The "inner truth of the human experience"
- The sexton
- a worker in Dinnesdale's church
- Custom House
- The introduction to The Scarlet Letter. Found a red rag in the shape of an A
- John Wilson
- eldest clergy man in Boston
- Roger Chillingworth
- husband of Hester;evil;blackman;keeper of the minister's soul