The Meanings Behind the Names in “The Scarlet Letter”. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel ‘The Scarlet Letter” he depicts a young and bright Hester Prynne, who has recently been accused of adultery. She is made to stand before the whole town on a scaffold, for her crime against God, with her baby girl; Pearl. As she stands there to recognizes a face, belonging to her once husband Mr. Prynne. Who had been absent for two years prior to her commitment of sin. As the novel proceeds onward, it is revealed that Hester’s partner in her sin and the father of Pearl is indeed a highly looked upon Reverend. The Reverend of her old congregation, Mr. Dimmesdale. Hawthorne uses the names of his characters as an insight to their personality and manners in the
