Pearl is the unifying character of the Scarlet Letter, particularly among Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. As one of the most complex characters, Pearl is related to Hester and Dimmesdale because she is the personification of their sin and to Chillingworth because she represents what he wants revenge for. Hester, Pearl's mother, is who Pearl admires and wants to be. To Dimmesdale, Pearl has an even greater meaning than she can understand. Dimmesdale's guilt over committing a sin and seeing Pearl, someone completely innocent, ostracized by society tortures him to the point that he physically punishes himself. Chillingworth and Pearl are bonded due to their relationships with Dimmesdale and Hester, respectively, as a burden. This however is complex for Pearl because she can't just be the child of sin as she also has a positive influence on them. Throughout Hawthorne's story, Pearl's association with her mother, Hester, reinforces her importance in society. His relationship with his own mother continues to evolve into more and more interesting interactions. For example, when Hester and Pearl are in conversation at the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, Hester slowly begins to see more of her own daughter's unique observations. Apparently, Pearl, still a young child, can identify Hester's significant relationship between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Pearl exclaims "I have no heavenly Father" (Hawthorne VI), in response to Hester and her conversation regarding Pearl's very origin. Pearl constantly reminds Hester of her sin, but at the same time, Pearl also brings joy to Hester, which shows Hester's new thinking that no one can be purely evil. Society considers Pearl's intuitive... middle of paper ...... illingworth, because she is the product of his wife's sin, she is a source of pain but she also brings him happiness because she is a burden to his wife too. Through the character of Pearl, Hawthorne raises the question of good versus evil. One cannot exist without the other, therefore society, doomed to sin because of original sin, cannot be the true judge of good or evil. Pearl was a burden to Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Hester, but she was only a burden because she led them all toward good. Rather, she was a divine figure who helped all three of them and she changed them all, or for the better. She was called bad only because of society's cynical view. This shows that society was wrong to label her as bad just by her birth. Pearl's complex nature between good and evil was demonstrated through her relationships with her mother, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth..