... . Pearl is both her mother's punishment and joy and can be seen by the readers to be the living scarlet letter. Pearl James states as Pearl dances by, "It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life. " This shows that Pearl is naturally evil due to the fact that she is the living form of the scarlet letter so she is to be a punishment. We first see Pearls evil side ... takes full responsibility for her actions in a way that Dimmesdale's does not. In short, Hester and her behaviour are associated with the ideals of passion, self-expression, freedom, and in...

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