Hawthorne uses foreshadowing throughout the novel to explain the symbolism throughout the story. “‘But he will be known!-he will be known!-he will be known! (Hawthorne 59). This is foreshadowing because it tells you that the father of Pearl will be known. They will find out sooner or later. The symbolism in this is sin. They know who the one person is that committed the sin yet they don’t know who the other person is. The reader does but not the characters. Another example is, “With all these sterling attributes, thought Hester, the evil which she inherited from her mother must be great indeed, if a noble woman do not grow out of this elfish child” (Hawthorne 163). This is foreshadowing because it shows that one day Pearl will grow up to be
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By Pearl saying saying this it foreshadows that one day they will all stand on that scaffold together so that all the people of the community can see and know the truth. Many authors talk about how big of a symbol Pearl plays throughout the story. Chester E. Eisinger writes, “...Pearl acts perversely. She refuses to say who made her and finally announces that she had not been made at all, but ‘had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door.’ Although she is well aware of the answer expected of her, she prefers in her perversity this fanciful explanation that links her with the natural wildness of the uncultivated plant. Her departure from orthodoxy shocks the Governor, who is convinced of the darkness of her soul and of its depravity.” (Eisinger 325). This symbolizes the wildness that Pearl has throughout the novel. A rose is a symbol of love, which is the flower, but it also is a symbol of pain, which is shown through the thorns. The rose is the love that Hester has for Pearl but also how much of a burden Pearl can be for Hester. The rose is also Pearl’s passion for
By Pearl saying saying this it foreshadows that one day they will all stand on that scaffold together so that all the people of the community can see and know the truth. Many authors talk about how big of a symbol Pearl plays throughout the story. Chester E. Eisinger writes, “...Pearl acts perversely. She refuses to say who made her and finally announces that she had not been made at all, but ‘had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door.’ Although she is well aware of the answer expected of her, she prefers in her perversity this fanciful explanation that links her with the natural wildness of the uncultivated plant. Her departure from orthodoxy shocks the Governor, who is convinced of the darkness of her soul and of its depravity.” (Eisinger 325). This symbolizes the wildness that Pearl has throughout the novel. A rose is a symbol of love, which is the flower, but it also is a symbol of pain, which is shown through the thorns. The rose is the love that Hester has for Pearl but also how much of a burden Pearl can be for Hester. The rose is also Pearl’s passion for