The Real And The Unreal In The Scarlet Letter. This paper examines the characters in The Scarlet Letter. As real people often are in actual life, Hawthorne's three main characters - Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Hester Prynne - are not in their inner world as they seem in the outside world. The two men, at least, have inner agendas they need to camouflage externally. On the other hand, Hester, despite the honesty, humility and penitence with which she accepts the censure and abominations of the people, remains unreadable to them in her unbroken silence as to her secret lover is and all the thoughts and feelings that nestle and wrestle within her and behind the scarlet letter on her chest. Pages: 6 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 100 The Scarlet Letter.doc Price: 53.70