“But Pearl, who was a dauntless child… screamed and shouted, too, with a terrific volume of sound… caused the hearts of the fugitives to quake within them.” In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the story of a married woman who had a child out of wheelock is told. Throughout this novel Pearl, Hester’s child out of wedlock, is viewed as a character who represents sin, hope, and love, because she is a character that represents a different person than what a puritan is suppose to be, the way that Pearl stands out and does not fit into the puritan colony is shown throughout the story. Since the day Pearl was born she was a representation of sin and of a “Demon offspring”(Hawthorne 232). Pearl was a child out of
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This is because the name of Dimmesdale was not revealed by Hester, or by him until later on in the story. Because of the background story that Pearl has she is alienated along with her mother from society.“An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, …show more content…
The love between Hester and Dimmesdale was forbidden for reasons like the fact that Dimmesdale was a minister and Hester was married. Pearl apart from being a product of sin is also the product of love. Even though Hester and Dimmesdale were not suppose to be with each other they loved and wanted to be together, and as a result of their love came Pearl. “...And stood on the platform, holding little Pearl by the hand. The minister felt for the child’s other hand, and took it.”(Hawthorne 139). The romance between Hester and Dimmesdale was not like other romances portrayed in different works of literature, their love is based on respect and loyalty especially from Hester to Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is a very important and well respected man in the community and from her admiration to him also came her love for him. In the scene shown in the evidence Hester and Dimmesdale are holding the hands of Pearl while they stand in the scaffold by Pearl standing between them a sign of unity and family assuming their mistake and repentance is shown. This shows the passion between Hester and Dimmesdale because Pearl is the one uniting them, meaning that because of her they are bonded for the rest of their lives. In the other hand this also represents separation, by Pearl standing between
This is because the name of Dimmesdale was not revealed by Hester, or by him until later on in the story. Because of the background story that Pearl has she is alienated along with her mother from society.“An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, …show more content…
The love between Hester and Dimmesdale was forbidden for reasons like the fact that Dimmesdale was a minister and Hester was married. Pearl apart from being a product of sin is also the product of love. Even though Hester and Dimmesdale were not suppose to be with each other they loved and wanted to be together, and as a result of their love came Pearl. “...And stood on the platform, holding little Pearl by the hand. The minister felt for the child’s other hand, and took it.”(Hawthorne 139). The romance between Hester and Dimmesdale was not like other romances portrayed in different works of literature, their love is based on respect and loyalty especially from Hester to Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is a very important and well respected man in the community and from her admiration to him also came her love for him. In the scene shown in the evidence Hester and Dimmesdale are holding the hands of Pearl while they stand in the scaffold by Pearl standing between them a sign of unity and family assuming their mistake and repentance is shown. This shows the passion between Hester and Dimmesdale because Pearl is the one uniting them, meaning that because of her they are bonded for the rest of their lives. In the other hand this also represents separation, by Pearl standing between