correct me if I am doing this all wrong. --least favorite and favorite characters
*Pearl is my favorite character. I chose pearl because of her awkward yet belonging role in this book. The name says it all, brought from something of such shame and ugliness to something so bright and beautiful. She is young and outgoing, although she seems mature for her age by the way she acts as a protector of her mother i think she has a very soft side. For example the scene at the mansion of the Governor Bellingham when she placed her delicate cheek into the minister's hand. She is clever in many ways and has a creative mind, such as how she came to be (her mother picking her from the rose bush). She is a very strange character at some points in the book, for example how attached she is the the scarlet letter so much she will not come to her mother at the brook without it. Pearl at times is a straight forward shy away from nothing kind of child, but in the end i feel like she matures in leaps and bounds, like when the minister Dimmsdale crosses their path she is tempted to reach out to him, but doesn't. Pearl was often compared to a fairy or an elf, with her squeels and laughter; giving her mother anxiety. whether or not she on an "errand as a messenger of anguish" or not she charmed and is still charming the hearts to all.
*Mistress Hibbons is my least favorite character. Although not much is written about the foul lady I simply do not like her. She is rude and as one my say a contention seeker. To me she seems as if she is always into others business, such as the invite to Hester as she is leaving the mansion and to Mr. Dimmsdale when she spotted him leaving the forest. To tempt Hester as she did is a straight up sin, as she well knows her predicament and her worries of losing her precious child. I personally think she is a bad bad witch and is a little too obvious, as if she wanted to draw attention to herself. In my opinion she is an ill mannered old twit that should leave business that isn't hers out. She, along with Chillingworth are the trouble makers in this novel, and they are the ones who supposedly were the sinless ones compared to Hester and Dimmsdale. I believe those who wish ill on another and contend in gossip and temptaion are worse sinners than those of a serious sin with a guilty conscience with repentance on their side.
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