Pearl is both a blessing and cures to Hester. Hester is plagued with the scarlet letter which she now she must wear, for the rest of her life because, of her adultery with Dimmesdale, Hester is not only plagued with the letter A, but is given a child Pearl as remembrance of her adultery. Pearl is a positive influence on Hester’s life, Pearl’s main role as the scarlet letter is to challenge Hester’s resolve. Pearl is “the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and so endowed with millionfold the of retribution” (page 64) Eventually Hester overcomes her shame with the scarlet letter and creates a sense of family with Pearl. As time passes Hester perseverance and boldness shines through. Now many people in the puritan community “refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. They said that it meant Able; so, strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman’s strength.” (page113)
Dimmesdale is a privet sinner. Dimmesdale a privet puritan minister goes preach at church and speaks of his weakness and …show more content…
Pearl starts to understand the scarlet letter at an extremely young age, she is smarter than anyone thinks she is. At one point Chillingworth speaks to pearl about the scarlet letter. He asks Pearl if she knows the reason her mother must wear the letter A for the rest of her life, Pearl reply’s “Yes, that’s the same reason why the preacher holds his hand over his heart.” (page 63) Pearl asks her mother all the time why she must wear the scarlet letter and why the preacher holds his hand over his heart. Hester tells her daughter Pearl that she wears the letter A because of the pretty gold thread, but Pearl still wonders about the preacher. Later, in the story Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl meet in the forest, this is when Hester rips the scarlet letter, when Pearl sees this she freaks out and gets mad, the scarlet letter is what reminds her of her mother and she knows her mother is supposed to wear
Dimmesdale is a privet sinner. Dimmesdale a privet puritan minister goes preach at church and speaks of his weakness and …show more content…
Pearl starts to understand the scarlet letter at an extremely young age, she is smarter than anyone thinks she is. At one point Chillingworth speaks to pearl about the scarlet letter. He asks Pearl if she knows the reason her mother must wear the letter A for the rest of her life, Pearl reply’s “Yes, that’s the same reason why the preacher holds his hand over his heart.” (page 63) Pearl asks her mother all the time why she must wear the scarlet letter and why the preacher holds his hand over his heart. Hester tells her daughter Pearl that she wears the letter A because of the pretty gold thread, but Pearl still wonders about the preacher. Later, in the story Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl meet in the forest, this is when Hester rips the scarlet letter, when Pearl sees this she freaks out and gets mad, the scarlet letter is what reminds her of her mother and she knows her mother is supposed to wear