According to the New England Primer, a basic textbook used during Puritan times, *In Adam*s fall, we sinned all.* This quote very much applies to Nathaniel Hawthorne*s characters in The Scarlet Letter. The main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and the Puritan society represented by the townspeople, all sinned. The story is a study of the effects of sin on the hearts and minds of Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. Sin strengthens …showed first 75 words of 2099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2099 total…the story was Pearl. Pearl is the embodiment of her parents* sin. She is the incarnate of the letter *A* on Hester*s chest. Pearl also is Hester*s constant reminder that she has committed a great sin. Pearl almost seemed inhuman until the end of the novel. Lastly, I feel Hawthorne*s The Scarlet Letter is an almost! history novel of the Puritan society, and its conviction of sin, in his view and research.