"In her was visible the tie that united them. She had been offered to the world, these seven years past, as the living hieroglyphic, in which was revealed the secret they so darkly sought to hide, -- all written in this symbol, -- all plainly manifest, -- had there been a prophet or magician skilled to read the character of flame! And Pearl was the oneness of their being"(Hawthorne 141). Pearl is a beautiful, misbehaved child. The first thing that Pearl ever notices is her

"Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies; and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world, but be a woman in it"(Hawthorne 233).

Pearl is equally a symbol for Dimmesdale. In Pearl's eyes, until Dimmesdale acts like her father she will not accept him in her life. In order to act like a father, Dimmesdale must accept his sin and come open to the public. "‘But wilt thou promise,' asked Pearl,' to take my hand and mother's hand, to-morrow noontide?'"(Hawthorne 105). In this quote Pearl is asking Dimmesdale to stand with them, and come open to the public. "‘Doth he love us?' said Pearl, looking up with acute intelligence into her mothers face. ‘Will he go back with us, hand in hand, we three together, into town?'"(Hawthorne 145). Pearl is again implying that she wants Dimmesdale to come out in the open with his love and sin.

In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl symbolizes Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's connection in more ways than one. Pearl is truly the human symbol for the sin of adultery. Not only is she a symbol for Hester, but for Dimmesdale also. More importantly Pearl leads Hester and Dimmesdale to accept their sin.

mother's ‘A' across her chest. As a child, Pearl throws rocks at the scarlet letter, making a game out it. Growing up, Pearl is not accepted by anyone. She scream

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