Pearls Of Wisdom In The Scarlet Letter

Pearls of Wisdom Shame, weakness, lust, and desire tie together all aspects of Hester Prynne’s life when she commits adultery and gives birth to a young girl named Pearl, leading to her ostracization by her community and having to wear a scarlet letter A for the remainder of her life. Nathaniel Hawthorne enhances his novel The Scarlet Letter with extensive attention to character description, especially when referring to Pearl. Through diction and imagery, Hawthorne identifies Pearl as slightly devious and frightening, yet compassionate, beautiful, and intelligent beyond her years. When Hester gave birth to Pearl, the community recognized the infant as a symbol of shame, as apparent as the scarlet letter on her chest. However, the