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It is ironic that Hester keeps the name of her lover secret to spare him pain, but he feels much pain anyways because of his guilt.

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Pearl doesn't know that Dimmesdale is her father.

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"Pearl" symbolizes purity, however, Hester's daughter is seen with "sin and shame". Example of Verbal Irony.

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The appearance of the letter is ironic because Hester makes it so attractive to onlookers.

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Peral was named this because she was seen as pure, although everyone believes that she is evil and not pure.

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God

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Pearl holding both Hester and Dimmesdale's hands is irony because she is literally connecting them together just as she does by being their child.

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Pearl's name is ironic due to Pearl being born at the cost of her mother's sin.

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Hester's daughter is named Pearl as if she was a precious child.

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The name the Hester gave her daughter, Pearl. Pearl as her name symbolizes that she is her mothers only treasure in life.

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The members of the church revere Dimmesdale without knowing he committed adulatory.

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Hester named her daughter Pearl as if she was a pure, beautiful thing, but the townspeople think she is evil and a demon-child.

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An example of irony in the Scarlet Letter is Pearl's name. Hester named her daughter Pearl because she wanted to show that Pearl was the price of committing adultery. This is an example of verbal irony.

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Hester named her daughter Pearl as being her greatest treasure as well as coming with a great cost. Also how Pearl's name means purity even though Pearl is seen as a great sin.

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Chilligsworth is a physician who tries to hurt Dimmesdale

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When Pearl mentioned how dark and evil Chillingsworth was without even knowing his true self.

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The leech represents Chillingworth because he is sucking the life and spirit out of Dimmesdale to find the truth.

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In Chapter 12, there was situational irony when Dimmesdale saw the A in the sky and no one else saw