Connecting Characters

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Term Paper Title	Connecting Characters
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Connecting Characters

Charles Frazier, author of the novel Cold Mountain, creates three main characters with purposes and personalities similar to those of three main characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.  Ruby, Ada, and Inman, all of Cold Mountain, share significant character traits with Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Hester, all of The Scarlet Letter.
     Ruby and Pearl possess many similar character traits, but they use them for different purposes.  Both are defiant and strong-willed, with fiery spirits that contribute to the brightness of each novel.  Ruby, an invaluable part of Ada's life in Cold Mountain, is purposefully named after a precious jewel.  She is a stimulant for Ada's growth and happiness.  Pearl, of The Scarlet Letter, is also given her symbolic name because she was 'purchased' at a great price, being "all she (Hester) had" (23).  Pearl gave Hester a reason to live even when her life was ruined.  Not only do the two females possess symbolic names, but also each symbolizes a suppressed part of someone else in the novel.  Ruby is the outward strength and bravery that Ada has deep inside, and Pearl is the obvious sin that her mother tries to forget but cannot because of her daughter.  Both Ruby and Pearl are stimulants in their novels, giving someone else something to reach for.
     Another set of character connections made by Hawthorne and Frazier, Ada and Reverend Dimmesdale are both inward sufferers of their respective novels.  Though they are quiet and spiritually strong, both are deserted either physically or psycho...

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