chapter 15
"Did the sun, which shone so brightly everywhere else, really fall upon him? Or was there, as it rather seemed, a circle of ominous shadow moving along with his deformity whichever way he turned himself? And whither was he now going?"
R.C. seems to be the symbol of the evil, the dark opposed to the light. Even the sun avoids him, while a SHADOW is all around him, everytime. And his mishaping might be a link with the greek "kalokagathia" : his evil mentality is reflected on his body, while the beautiful and handsome Hester reveals a pure spirit.
Dark is attracted to him as the sun is attracted to Pearl. Hester and Dimmesdale have both dark and light.
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