soul. The townspeople neglected Hester and Pearl, as the quote, “...the little Puritans..., had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child, and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not unfrequently reviled them with their tongues” (Hawthorne, 141), shows that even children felt that Hester and Pearl were different than others. Unlike Hester, Dimmesdale’s mental and physical state slowly deteriorated throughout…
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