Other than the scarlet letter, she was a very moral woman whose only joy in life was her daughter Pearl. ... Symbols Wild Rose Bush: Located just outside the prison door, it is the only sign of life near the prison, and has a single red blossom on it.The rose may serve, let us hope, to symbolise some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow?.... * When thinking about Dimmesdale's opposite public and private reactions to her and Hester, Pearl calls Dimmesdalea strange, sad man.? ...

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They would call to each other, "Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge? ... These had been her teachers-stern and wild ones-they had made her strong- (136). ... He never takes a firm stance in the ever-changing meanings of the scarlet letter, yet it is related to his moral vision with the idea of "atonement." ... Hawthorne's tragic moral vision is illuminated in his beloved character and the letter she bore. ...

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She is very pretty and seems like a moral person. ... It is hard for her to do this because Pearl is a wild child and is a basically the scarlet letter in the flesh. ... She calls Dimmesdale a "strange sad man" because she is not allowed to greet him outside of the forest. ...

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