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the letter as an infant as her “eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery about the letter, and, putting up her hand, she grasped at it…”(98) and Hester feels the “torture inflicted by the intelligent touch of Pearl’s baby hand.” (98). This seems to suggest that truth was once again revealed to Hester whenever Pearl noticed the scarlet letter and it shows how Pearl seemed to know the significance of the letter as an infant.
While Hawthorne shows how truth revealed itself to Hester he shows a different way that truth was revealed to Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. At the beginning of the novel Dimmesdale seems to be doing a good job of keeping his secret to the whole town who respects him immensely. Although in the first chapter Reverend Dimmesdale argues on Hester’s behalf the town seems to think nothing of this other than that he is trying to not judge her. As the new doctor in town Roger Chillingworth befriends ...

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not, to any human soul, that thou didst ever call me husband!” and Hester agrees that she will not tell anyone. Later, in chapter 14, Hester realizes that she has left Dimmesdale under her husband’s evilness for too long and she looks for her husband so that she may prevent any further damage. As she talks to Chillingworth she tells him of what harm he is doing to Dimmesdale and Chillingworth’s true evil side is revealed. He begins to feel the true wretchedness in his heart for what he has done. Chillingworth then runs away for he realizes his own evilness and truth of himself is revealed.
While one theme in The Scarlet Letter is that truth reveals itself ...

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