rl also greatly affected Hester's personality. The source of Hester's problems, the "elf child," the "devil child," all labels that brought grief and frustration to Hester. Hester is to blame for Pearl being frowned upon in the first place, but Pearl brought on many frowns from the community by her actions. Pearl, being young and a pistol was blind to the community thus forcing her mother to accept the full brunt of the harsh words and looks.
             Not having as much of and impact and not bringing on that much form the rest of the community but still part of the family and still a person who greatly affected Hester is Roger Chillingworth. The husband of Hester, one would expect him to be not entirely forgiving, but definitely not as cruel as he was when he first approached Hester in jail. To completely disown and more or less verbally divorce one's wife will leave the wife scarred and grieving. This is exactly what Roger did. Even Hester, who was not expecting to be forgiven, did not expect the ferocity of her o
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