Main Characters

The main characters in the Scarlet letter are :

• Hester- She  is Pearls mom and the woman who had an affair with Reverend Dimmesdale. This causes her to be outcasted by society because she decides to keep the identity of her child's  (Pearl) father a secret. But the most important reason that makes her a main character is the Big letter A she brightly in red wears on her dresses everyday.
• Reverend Dimmesdale-He is a young reverend that gives outstanding sermons to the town and is the one who has the affair with Hester. He tries to keep the secret without having self consequences but he fails at it. His conscience and connection to god doesn't allow him to live with himself and therefore he decides to reveal to the town that he is the father of Hester's child and the one she had an affair with, finally causing his death towards the end of the story.
• Pearl- She is the outcome of Reverend Dimmesdale and Hester's affair and Hester's reason to live. She is a girl who is dressed in red by her mother in resemblance to the letter A her mother wears.
• Chilling worth- He is Hester's husband in England whom she cheated on before he arrived to Massachusetts Bay. He "Forgives" Hester but in return asks for his identity not to be revealed because he is on a mission to find who Pearls dad is.He does accomplish his mission but in the process becomes an evil man that torments Dimmesdale.