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In chapter 8 we can notice some element that make us start to suppose a tie between Dimmesdale and the adultery. First, the vigor which with Hester asks the Minister to advocate her cause in not losing the guard of her Pearl. Second, the passion Dimmesdale put in his speech to defend Hester. Third, the strange behave Pearl has with the priest after he has succeeded to defend her and her mother: her actions show a kind of love, feeling usually stranger to her. This makes thinking to a connection between the two character.