The novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells of an adulteress named Hester Prynne in the New England Puritan society. This adulteress gives birth to a daughter, Pearl Prynne, while accompanied by her partner in adultery, Reverend Dimmesdale, and her lost husband Roger Chillingworth in this highly offensive and judgmental society. Each of these main characters changes through each of the scaffold scenes which signifies a place of hiding and releasing secrets and confessions. The scaffold signifies a place of mockery, hanging, shaming as well as a place for proclaiming news and speeches. In each of the scaffold scene, it shows Pearl, Chillingworth, Hester, and Dimmesdale’s character development in which shows adultery,
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In the Scarlet Letter, Pearl’s transformation occurs at each of the scaffold scenes, which starts at her infancy. Hester held Pearl, “…not so much by an impulse of mother affection, as that she might thereby conceal a certain token, which was wrought or fastened into her dress,” (Hawthorne 37). Hester squeezes Pearl and holds her tightly because she notices Pearl crying and Chillingworth in the crowd. Pearl starts out as infant who fears the unknown and Chillingworth whom with holds the shames of the A upon Pearl. As Pearl grows in age and in her pre-teen years she appears at the Scaffold scene with Dimmesdale. “‘But wilt thou promise… to take my hand, and mother’s hand, to-morrow noontide’,” (105). Pearl asks Dimmesdale to promise to join her and her mother on the scaffold tomorrow as they joined that night at the scaffold. Pearl matures to where she begins to know of her father and able to see her family. As the novel continues, she grows and learns more about Dimmesdale before his final appearance at the scaffold. “Peal kissed his lips. A spell was broken,” (175). Dimmesdale at the final scaffold asks for a kiss from Pearl as his daughter and she kisses him. This kiss reunites the family and shows a bond as Pearl Accepts Dimmesdale fully as her father now as he lets his near death be known. Pearl shows herself as a young innocent and unknowing …show more content…
Hester choice of adultery become a constant curse over herself. Hester’s journey starts “When the young woman—the mother of this child—stood fully revealed before the crowd, it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom…” (Hawthorne 36-37). Hester walks out of the prison and her daughter captures her first thought rather than the mockery and shame she undergoes for being an adulteress. Hester’s journey starts with her sin being a memory that she cannot overcome as the ‘A’ being a symbolized as an adulteress with Pearl as a reminder of her sin. Hester’s views change at the second scaffold. Dimmesdale says, “‘what sent you hither?’[Hester replies] ‘I have been watching at a death-bed’,” (105). Hester and Pearl joining Dimmesdale at the scaffold on their way home from the governor’s death-bed. Able describes Hester at this scaffold because she chooses to take her place on the scaffold with Dimmesdale and Pearl as well as able to enter the house of the governor to drop of gloves because of her seamstress abilities instead of being shamed away because of her curse. Hester now able must learn to accept as well. “She we not spend our immortal life together?” (175). Hester asks if she will be together forever in death. Hester accepts that she will die and will fully accept her punishment after her life but she questions if Dimmesdale will join her if it be Heaven or Hell. Hester
In the Scarlet Letter, Pearl’s transformation occurs at each of the scaffold scenes, which starts at her infancy. Hester held Pearl, “…not so much by an impulse of mother affection, as that she might thereby conceal a certain token, which was wrought or fastened into her dress,” (Hawthorne 37). Hester squeezes Pearl and holds her tightly because she notices Pearl crying and Chillingworth in the crowd. Pearl starts out as infant who fears the unknown and Chillingworth whom with holds the shames of the A upon Pearl. As Pearl grows in age and in her pre-teen years she appears at the Scaffold scene with Dimmesdale. “‘But wilt thou promise… to take my hand, and mother’s hand, to-morrow noontide’,” (105). Pearl asks Dimmesdale to promise to join her and her mother on the scaffold tomorrow as they joined that night at the scaffold. Pearl matures to where she begins to know of her father and able to see her family. As the novel continues, she grows and learns more about Dimmesdale before his final appearance at the scaffold. “Peal kissed his lips. A spell was broken,” (175). Dimmesdale at the final scaffold asks for a kiss from Pearl as his daughter and she kisses him. This kiss reunites the family and shows a bond as Pearl Accepts Dimmesdale fully as her father now as he lets his near death be known. Pearl shows herself as a young innocent and unknowing …show more content…
Hester choice of adultery become a constant curse over herself. Hester’s journey starts “When the young woman—the mother of this child—stood fully revealed before the crowd, it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom…” (Hawthorne 36-37). Hester walks out of the prison and her daughter captures her first thought rather than the mockery and shame she undergoes for being an adulteress. Hester’s journey starts with her sin being a memory that she cannot overcome as the ‘A’ being a symbolized as an adulteress with Pearl as a reminder of her sin. Hester’s views change at the second scaffold. Dimmesdale says, “‘what sent you hither?’[Hester replies] ‘I have been watching at a death-bed’,” (105). Hester and Pearl joining Dimmesdale at the scaffold on their way home from the governor’s death-bed. Able describes Hester at this scaffold because she chooses to take her place on the scaffold with Dimmesdale and Pearl as well as able to enter the house of the governor to drop of gloves because of her seamstress abilities instead of being shamed away because of her curse. Hester now able must learn to accept as well. “She we not spend our immortal life together?” (175). Hester asks if she will be together forever in death. Hester accepts that she will die and will fully accept her punishment after her life but she questions if Dimmesdale will join her if it be Heaven or Hell. Hester