Nathaniel Hawthorne felt that the Puritans were people who believed that the world was a
             place where the battle between good and evil was a never-ending one. Throughout the
             novel, Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict this battle among the
             characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth.
             After Hester commits her sin, her beauty almost immediately vanishes into
             darkness. Her hair no longer hangs freely about her face, instead she ties it up in a bonnet.
             Hester is not perceived as an evil person, but her sin makes her "light" hide away. The sun
             is used as a descriptor of the goodness or pure nature of character. Because of her sin and
             the scarlet letter, Hester is no longer pure, therefore she is not seen in the sun. Hawthorne
             states, "It was only the darkened house that could contain her. When sunshine came again,
             she was not there." While on a walk to the forest, Pearl, Hester's daughter states, "...the
             sunshine does not love you. it runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something
             on your bosom." This is evidence that the scarlet letter itself may be the cause of Hester's
             Pearl is the character most recognized for her presence in the sun. While at the
             governor's house, Pearl notices how brightly the sun shines through the windows. She
             requests that, "the sunshine be stripped off its front and given to her to play with." Hester
             responds by saying, "No my little Pearl. Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none
             to give thee!" Pearl has been seen as a character that always persists on knowing the truth.
             While in the forest Pearl wants to hear a story from Hester. She asks Hester if she has ever
             seen the Black Man. Hester replies that she has seen the Black Man once before. This
             suggests that the Black Man may be her husband, Roger Chillingworth.
             Roger Chillingworth is described as th...