used as a symbol and probably has a deeper meaning. Anything can be used as a symbol‚ and in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne there are many different symbols. A certain import symbol to me in the book is Pearl‚ Hester’s daughter. Pearl was born out of Wedlock and Hester chose to name her Pearl because “as being of great price‚ purchased with all she had—her mother’s only treasure.” A pearl is a gemstone
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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter as an exemplum on pride. His creation of Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ and her selflessness was the moral behind keeping her alive. The characters in The Scarlet Letter are nothing more than symbols representing abstract qualities and are dispensable. Names play an important role in The Scarlet Letter it is Hawthorne ’s way of distinguishing not just the characters but their personalities. The latter is the most important when
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moment Pearl is introduced‚ Hawthorne makes it known that she obtains the most advanced‚ imaginative ideas‚ and quite frankly‚ has a mind of her own. She is said to have an‚ “imaginative faculty‚” (86) who was‚ “always in a state of preternatural activity.” (92). Pearl‚ “was thrown more upon the visionary throng which she created‚” (92) during her childhood‚ and thrived in a constant state of creativeness. Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne continues to develop Pearl as her own‚ unique character. But
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Edmer Nieto November 18‚ 2012 Period 4 Ms. Treffner The Scarlett Letter Character Analysis Rewrite Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlett Letter‚ Revered Dimmesdale’s personality‚ attitude‚ and values change. Chillingworth‚ Pearl‚ and Hester are the cause to the change Dimmesdale goes through. Their actions each have an effect towards each other‚ especially to Dimmesdale. The author of the novel‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ describes Dimmesdale as a young minister full of religious fervor‚ and theological
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne establishes the character Pearl as having tenacity and peculiarity in her personality and traits. First‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne exaggerates Pearl’s qualities to establish her as an odd child and a separate person from the Puritan town she lives in. In chapter 7‚ after the governor asks Pearl who created her‚ she answers by saying ‘no one created her rather her mother plucked her from a wild rose bush near the prison.’ Hawthorne follows Pearl’s remark
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The Symbolism of Pearl In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne symbolizes Pearl as four main things. First‚ the chaos inside of Hester. Second‚ the hidden sin of her parents. Third‚ a last hope for Dimmesdale. Fourth‚ a chance to start a better life. Lastly‚ the scarlet letter itself. Pearl is often described as an elf-child because of her misbehavior. She often screams when spoken to by strangers or teased by other children. Pearl lashes out when something displeases her when she is the age of three
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Pearl is a very intriguing character in The Scarlet Letter; she is Hester’s and Dimmesdale’s child and the embodiment of their sin. Pearl is used in contrast to puritan society and as human form of the scarlet letter. Pearl is a great contrast to the strictness of puritan society; she is a very wild and disobedient child and this comes from being raised in the forest. She is raised in the forest instead of in town‚ and her distance from society is greatened because of the absence of people around
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She was a Pearl that didn’t want to hide; she wanted to shine brightly. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author of The Scarlet Letter‚ introduces Pearl as a wise child who’s always striving to learn more. In Hester’s life‚ Pearl is given to her as a symbol of Hester’s past. Although Hester and Dimmesdale could have committed adultery without having Pearl‚ Hawthorne made Pearl a character to symbolize Hester and Dimmesdale’s actions. Pearl serves as a living example of Hester and Dimmesdale’s actions to Hester
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people. In the story‚ Pearl is conceived by the unfortunate crime of adultery. She is isolated from everyone but her mother‚ Hester. Hester is the only person Pearl interacts with in a loving way throughout the story. Pearl is very protective of Hester; when the children were making fun of Hester Pear‚ “. . . snatching up stones and fling at them‚ (Hawthorne 64).” This shows how she stands up for her mother and only her mother. Because of Hester committing adultery‚ Pearl is seen as a product of
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Chapter 6: “Pearl” 1. Hawthorne uses the quote‚ “Man had marked this woman’s sin by a scarlet letter‚ which has such potent and disastrous efficacy that no human sympathy could reach her‚ save it were sinful like herself. God‚ as a direct consequence of sin which man thus punished‚ had given her a lovely child‚ whose place was on that same dishonored bosom‚ to connect her parent forever with the peace and descent of mortals‚ and to be finally a blessed soul in heaven.” (86)‚ to contrast how man views
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