When Hester first fashions the scarlet letter has a meaning of adulterer. ... Hawthorne finds that the scarlet letter was wrapped up around a letter, after he drops it, written by a Surveyor detailing the whole affair of the scarlet letter. ... "In the afternoon of a certain summer's day, after Pearl grew big enough to run about, she amused herself with gathering handfuls of wild flowers, and flinging them, one by one, at her mother's bosom; dancing up and down like a little elf whenever she hit the scarlet letter.""... Not but the meteor may have shown itself at that point, burnin...

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In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne strategically structures the story around three very crucial scaffold scenes. ... Hawthorne also connects Hester's openly displayed shame with Dimmesdale's secret shame by having them both touch the stop where the scarlet letter is simultaneously. ... Little Pearl clasps her arms around his knees when he calls them. ... He shows them the scarlet letter he bears. ...

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Pearl, is an effective and dynamic character in, "The Scarlet Letter." ... "But the first object of which Pearl seemed to become aware was the scarlet letter on Hester's bosom! One day, as her mother stooped over the cradle, the infant's eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery about the letter' and, putting up her little hand, she grasped at it, smiling not doubtfully, but with a decided gleam," (Hawthorne, 88). ... In the final chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Pearl gains knowledge far beyond her years. ... Her character acts as a mysterious and interestin...

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Knowing that Chillingworth is only trying to harm Hester and Dimmesdale, when she encounters him with her mother, she tells her mom to leave because the old Black Man with catch [her]...but he cannot catch little Pearl (Hawthorne 92). ... When she firsts meets him when she is a baby, she [holds] up [her] little arms, with a half plaintive murmur, meanwhile she started crying when Chillingworth came near her (47). ... For example, the suit of armour enlarges the reflection of the scarlet letter. ... Besides having to wear the scarlet letter on her chest, the only physical thing that remains fr...

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The Scarlet Letter: Essay (4) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is wholly symbolic. ... "The infant; that little creature, whose innocent life had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion- (Hawthorne85). ... In contrast, Hester not only prevailed but also grew stronger as a result of wearing the scarlet letter, and became a shining star amidst the dark sky of society. ...

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"The Scarlet Letter," is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most eminent masterpieces. ... The girl is the bad result of the adultery between her parents, who can be considered as the symbol of the sin and scarlet letter. ... Hester dresses up Pearl to look nice just like she does to the scarlet letter itself. ... "I must tarry at home, and keep watch over my little Pearl. ... " "Nay;not so, my little Pearl" "Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand, and mother's hand, tomorrow noontide!...

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Demonic Child In Hawthorne's novel the Scarlet Letter the character Pearl is the product of sin. ... For example when the government tried taking little Pearl from Hester one reason she was able to stay because every time Hester looked at her she was reminded of her sin. ...

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