Scarlet Letter And Pearl
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Scarlet Letter And Pearl
One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl,
the misbegotten offspring of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the
story Pearl, becomes quite the dynamic little individual, as well as an
extremely important symbol- one who is constantly changing. Pearl’s
involvement in the complex history of her parents inadvertently forced her to be
viewed as different and is shunned because of her mother’s sin. Pearl is a
living scarlet letter to Hester, Dimmesdale and finally the reader, acting as a
constant reminder of Hester’s, as well as humanity’s shortcomings. Hawthorne
uses vivid descriptions to characterize Pearl, as he dose to every character
thought the story. Pearl is first described as the infant; “…Whose innocent
life had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence, a lovely and immortal
flower, out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion.” . From the beginning
of her life Pearl is viewed as the result of a sin, and as a punishment.
Physically, Pearl has a “Beauty that became every day more brilliant, and the
intelligence that threw its quivering sunshine over the tiny features of this
child.” Pearl is described as beautiful, with a “Beauty that shone with deep
and vivid tints’ a bright complexion, eyes possessing intensity both of depth
and glow, and hair already of a deep, glossy brown, and which, in after years,
would be nearly akin to black.” Combined with her lavish beauty Hester dresses
her child in copious dresses that are the envy of even the finest dressed adults
in the town. The lovely dresses and her beauty cause her to be viewed as even
stranger from the other typical Puritan children ,whom are dressed in
traditional clothing. As a result, she is accepted only by nature and animals,
and ostracized by the other Puritan children. “Pearl was a born outcast of the
infantile world… the whole peculiarity, in short, of her position in respect
to other children.”. Pearl was never accepted by the children even though her
inescapable seclusion was due to the sin of her mother. If by chance the
children would show interest in Pearl she would “grow positively terrible in
her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them…” Because of Pearl’s
seclusion from society nature seemingly sympathizes with Pearl, which is evident
by eerie role of the sunshine in the forest. “The light lingered about the
lonely child, as if glad of such a playmate,” . The sunshine seams almost
grateful f...
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