Pearl is the living symbol of her mother’s sin. Likewise, in the book, The Scarlet Letter, Pearl symbolizes many fascinating things. An example of Hawthorne using Pearl symbolically occurs when Hester dresses her daughter for the interview with Governor Bellingham. Pearl wears “…a crimson velvet tunic…embroidered in flourishes of gold thread… It was the scarlet letter… endowed with life.” (Hawthorne 78) As Pearl intended, the red lett
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