The Scarlet Letter
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Hester Prynne
Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Pearl Prynne
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Arthur Dimmesdale
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Reverend of the Puritan church
Brilliant speaker, kind, wise
Young and good looking
Hester's secret lover and Pearl's father
Punishes himself for committing a sin by self-flagellation, starvation, and carving an "A" into his bare chest
Feels hypocritical and guilty
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