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Pearl

            Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in a time of great change in America. Americans started to shift there focus from a very strict religion known as Puritanism and started looking at the things of nature and how they related to religion and the unknown. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote many things having to do with religion and the aspects of nature. In a famous novel he wrote called the Scarlet Letter is about a woman who has an affair and becomes pregnant and has a child with the man in which she has had an affair with. That child's name is Pearl. One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Pearl is involved in the complex nature of the story, as a result of her mothers adulteress ways she is shunned from society and even looked down upon by her mother. Pearl is the Human embodiment of what the Scarlet letter A stands for. Pearl plays one of the most crucial roles within the story, Hawthorne uses Pearl as an effective character in that she is a constant reminder to Hester her mother of the sin that had been committed and why she too is shunned in the community. .
             Hester interacts with Pearl with many different aspects of human emotion and treats her in many different ways at certain times. Hester displays her feelings towards Pearl by the way she dresses Pearl, and the way she treats her daughter with ambivalence. .
             Hester dresses Pearl in clothing that is made of a fine crimson red velvet. With this fashion there is no way that society can not notice Pearl . Unlike what would be accustomed for Hester to want to hide Pearl and not make her as though to stick out like a sore thumb. Hester dresses Pearl in such a way to look like or become the constant walking reminder of the letter in which she wears upon her chest. Hester shows how she is trying to conform to the Puritan way of thinking and seeing Pearl as a symbol of the guilt she should feel and how she should see what Pearl really is(Baym 93).


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2. The Symbolism of Pearl in The

... , she is analogous to her mother, Hester Prynne. Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale are also severely affected by the presence of Pearl. In an ambience of guilt, Pearl serves as innocence. When comparing the actual scarlet letter to Pearl, numerous similarities are established. Pearl is "its [the scarlet letter's] symbol, its double, its agent: "it was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet ... 's guilt just builds up until finally he can't take it, and his only remedy is confessing. It is at this point where Pearl forgives her father. However, Pearl also brings out a new ...

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3. Scarlett Letter The Symbol Of Pearl

... of the sin of adultery in the fact that she leads her mother, Hester Prynne, and Arthur Dimmesdale to accept and admit to their sin. Pearl is the beautiful daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet letter and has unique traits that make her sometimes ... her wildness, her loneliness and separation from the world, her curiosity, and her innocent but symbolic comments reveal her distinct personality. Pearl senses and knows things she should not, making her a symbol. Pearl is also the living symbol of Hester and Dimmesdale's connection, as displayed in the f...

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4. Pearl

... of the sin of adultery in the fact that she leads her mother, Hester Prynne, and Arthur Dimmesdale to accept and admit to their sin. Pearl is the beautiful daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet letter and has unique traits that make her sometimes ... her wildness, her loneliness and separation from the world, her curiosity, and her innocent but symbolic comments reveal her distinct personality. Pearl senses and knows things she should not, making her a symbol. Pearl is also the living symbol of Hester and Dimmesdale's connection, as displayed in the f...

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5. Pearl in The Scarlet Letter

... , she [holds] up [her] little arms, with a half plaintive murmur, meanwhile she started crying when Chillingworth came near her (47). The way that Pearl acts as the only source of pureness and goodness only towards Hester and Dimmesdale shows that her character is not developed enough, and is merely a symbol of ... but also Dimmsdale getting weaker and ready to die, so she would like to have Hester enjoy her last moments of happiness with him. Pearl attempts to reunited Hester and Dimmesdale because it will help Hester suspend her guilt and guide her to redemption. Unlike other children ...

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6. Pearl vs. Solaris

... the notions of divinity and mortality. Despite Solaris" sci-fi extensions and applications, and its distinct cultural differences when compared to those of Pearl's, we cannot ignore the parallels between both works simply because the poem's dream vision revolves around the speaker's daughter and the film's ... though their world views of this life and the next are different, their respective depictions of those views are essential to the analysis nonetheless. Pearl, like Solaris, is often debated as being a "consolation," a "primarily didactic" work within the dream vision genre that ada...

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7. Scarlet Letter And Pearl

... sunshine in the forest. "The light lingered about the lonely child, as if glad of such a playmate," . The sunshine seams almost grateful for Pearl presence, accepting her as an equal, and illuminating her beauty. Perhaps Hawthorn meant this as a biblical illusion to the light of Gods saving grace, ... even the most sinful person. Hawthorne describes another sign of acceptance as the "Great black forest became the playmate of the lonely infant." . Suggesting Pearl's close association to evil. Eventually it is stated, "The truth seems to be, however, that the mother-forest, and these wild ...

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8. The Pearl

... didn't ameliorate that baby's wound very much. Juana didn't pray directly pray for the recovery of the baby, but she prayed that they might find a pearl that would be enough money to hire a doctor to heal the baby. They reached a spot where the bottom was filled with opened oysters. This was the ... finding spread quickly around the neighborhood. All of a sudden, Kino had grown popular, but not in a good way, but in a sense of evil. "Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and o...

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9. The Pearl

... and plot I will show how he has written a powerful tale. I will also look at the way he tells the story and the symbolism of the pearl itself. The Pearl begins in a small fishing village, the main character is Kino, his baby son Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion, which could easily kill a baby. ... baby Coyotito herself. Luckily the next day whilst diving for pearls Kino finds the answer to their problems, he comes across the biggest most wonderful pearl in the world, which will easily cover the doctor's fee if sold. Juana looks at Coyotito's shoulder with delight as her own treatment wor...

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10. Pearl in The Scarlet Letter

... ' and, putting up her little hand, she grasped at it, smiling not doubtfully, but with a decided gleam," (Hawthorne, 88). Pertaining to chapter 6, Pearl is viewed at the age of three and begin to learn that she possesses a rich and luxuriant sense of beauty; "a beauty shown with deep and ... who her father really is and what secret he so greatly hid from her all of her life. Agitated by the crowd and celebration, Pearl dances as she waits for the procession of Reverend Dimmesdale. She is eager to know about the procession and asks Hester whether the minister will ... acknowledge them a...

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