Scarlet Letter : Importance Of Pearl
In the book The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a character is
brought to life with a patchowrk of personality and her existence
is one of amazing
symbolism. Hawthorne introduces young Pearl Prynne. She is a bastard child who
not only puts her unholy mother, Hester Prynne through much torment, but puts through
hell the secret man who fathered her.
Pearl affects Hester deeply in numerous instances throughout the story.
Hester first decides to dress her daughter all in scarlet, the color of the shameful letter on
her chest. During their adventures into the woods Pearl plays a game where she throws
small flower spears at the 'A' on her mother's chest and when each stalk hits its target
Pearl dances around gleefully, as if laughing at the fact of Hester's sin. Later, by the
shore Pearl dons on herself an 'A' made of seaweed and parades around infront of her
mother smiling and pretending to be like Hester:
"Pearl took some......
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