Pearl is the unifying character in The Scarlet Letter, especially between 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 the person Pearl looks up to and wants to be like. For Dimmesdale, Pearl has an even greater meaning than he might be able to comprehend. Dimmesdale's guilt over having committed a sin and seeing Pearl, a completely innocent person, ostracized by society tortures him to the point of pushing him to punish himself physically. Chillingworth and Pearl are connected due to their relationship with Dimmesdale and Hester respectively, as a burden. This, however, is complex for Pearl as she cannot just be the daughter of sin as she still has a very positive imprint on them as well. Throughout Hawthorne's story, Pearl's association with her mother, Hester, reinforces her significance in society. His relationships with his mother continue to evolve into increasingly interesting interactions. For example, when Hester and Pearl converse at the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, Hester slowly begins to see more into her daughter's unique observations. Apparently Pearl, still a 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 about Pearl's own origin. Pearl constantly reminds Hester of her sin, but at the same time Pearl also brings Hester joy, which shows Hester's new way of thinking about how no one can be purely evil. Society considers Pearl's intuitiveness... middle of paper... illingworth, because she is a product of his wife's sin, is a source of pain but also brings him happiness because she is also a burden to his wife. Through the character of Pearl, Hawthorne brings up the question of good versus evil. There cannot be one without the other, so society, destined to sin due to original sin, cannot be the true judge of good and evil. Pearl was a burden to Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and Hester, but she was only a burden because she was guiding them all to good. He was more of a divine character who helped all three and changed them all or for the better. She has only been labeled evil because of society's cynical view. This proves that society was wrong to label her as evil just because of her birth. Pearl's complex good versus evil nature was shown through her relationships with her mother, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth.