The Scarlet Letter
Why did Hester go see Governor Bellingham?
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The Governor was threatening to take Pearl away because she refused to disclose the father. Pearl, a free spirit, was seen as something abnormal in the village. Puritans hated abnormal things. It was Dimmesdal's eloquent speech which convinces the Governor to let Hester keep Pearl.
