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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester’s daughter, Pearl. Throughout the novel, Pearl is a symbol of the sin that her mother has committed, and also suffers from this sin. Pearl is characterized as demonic by her mother. The strict Puritan society isolates Pearl, causing bitterness between her and the other Puritan children. Pearl is conceived in sin, and is a constant reminder to Hester of the sin she has committed, and suffers along with her mother.

Hester impresses her feelings of guilt onto Pearl, the reminder of her sin. Pearl has always had an attachment to the scarlet letter on her mother’s bosom. As an infant, Peal reached up and grabbed the scarlet letter, causing “Hester Prynne to clutch the fatal token…So infinite was the torture inflicted by the intelligent touch of Pearl’s baby-hand� (Hawthorne 88). Every time that Hester sees Pearl, she is reminded of her sin and......

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