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The Symbolism of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter' and particularly the Pearl
Title: The Symbolism of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter' and particularly the Pearl
Category: Literature
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The Symbolism of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter' and particularly the Pearl
The Scarlet Letter is a book of much symbolism. One of the most complex and misunderstood symbols in the book is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl, throughout the story, develops into a dynamic symbol - one that is always changing. In the following essay, I will explore some of the symbolism which Pearl came to represent throughout the novel.
In The Scarlet Letter, Hester, for her sins, received a scarlet letter, 'A' which she …showed first 75 words of 562 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 562 total…upon her chest. Without that burden, Hester would have led a much better life then the one she had throughout the novel.
In closing, Pearl was a source of many different kinds of symbolism. From being a rose, to representing the scarlet letter 'A', she was a kind of burden, yet love for Hester. And as a final note, Pearl was more then her mother's only treasure; she was her mother's only source of survival.
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