As a baby, Pearl seems instinctively drawn the A. Symbolically, this suggests a connection between the baby and the A as they are born from the same sin, but some may speculate that the decorative nature of the letter during a time period of particularly bland dress would draw one’s attention. As she grows older, Pearl tortures her mother by giving attention the A. One might argue that the dark nature of her birth (sinful in fact) gives her the impish behavior that inspires her to press Hester’s buttons. 3. What did the townspeople say about Pearl?
Danforth shows Salem his authority by wrongly convicting citizens, controlling the court, and enforcing society’s laws. In the play The Crucible, Danforth is considered to be a minor character due to his help in the exposer of the main characters personalities throughout the court room. Also, he is very straight forward and has a static character, which matches his composure due to his belief of being aided by God himself within the court. Some may consider the conflict to be external conflict, or man verses supernatural conflict, in the story because it displays the conflict between the citizens and the Devil, but there is evidence that suggests otherwise. Danforth is a very ethical man, and believes he is very truthful and only convicts those who have done wrong.
The first reason is that because Abigail Williams is extremely manipulative and vindictive. Abigail tries to get Procter to pity her saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! John, pity me, pity me!” (Miller 22). Abigail wants Procter to pity and give her what she wants, regardless that his wife caught them once and can catch them again. Another reason their relationship is dangerous is that if John Procter were to prosecute against Abigail Williams saying that she is in fact a witch, Abigail Williams could very easily tell the entire town that she and Procter have been having an affair to get revenge on him.
Formed by a concentric lawyer of nacre as an abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks are Pearls. Pearls have always been held as a valuable gem to mankind, but In Nathanial Hawthorn’s novel the Scarlet Letter, Pearl is not only the child of the adultress Hester Prynne, but she is what the puritans considered as inhuman and that she was the demon child born out of sin, A disgrace to their society. In committing this sin, Hester was to wear a scarlet letter on her bosom for the rest of her life as well as deal with a child that was the fruit of infidelity. “Pearl… as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother’s only treasure!” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (Page 91). This exhibits not only that her name is worth something but also she ultimately is important and has a purpose for life.
Guilt "God, as a direct consequence of the sin which man thus punished, had given her a lovely child, whose place was on that same dishonored bosom, to connect her parent for ever with the race and descent of mortals, and to be finally a blessed soul in Heaven! Yet these thoughts affected Hester Prynne less with hope than apprehension. She knew that her deed had been evil; she could have no faith, therefore, that its result would be for good. Day after day, she looked fearfully into the child’s expanding nature; ever dreading to detect some dark arid wild peculiarity, that should correspond with the guiltiness to which she owed her being" (Hawthorne, 86). Hawthorne describes Hester's guilt concerning Pearl's future.
Hawthorne describes Pearl as “demon” child. This is ironic because Dimmesdale is considered the devil. In the novel, Hawthorne depicts Hester as a mother who only feels safe and comfortable when her own daughter is asleep. The moment when Chillingworth discovers the mark on Dimmesdale’s chest is considered irony of situation. This moment is ironic because some of the townspeople seem to compare the mark with Hester’s scarlet
After falling, she wonders if the plague is really a test of faith sent by God, or the evil working of the Devil in the world, or maybe neither… Maybe, it was “simply a thing in Nature, as the stone on which we stub a toe.” Throughout the novel, Year of Wonders, we are shown what such a brave and courageous character Anna is. Anna is an independent and inspiring character, though she has many strengths, like any person, she also has her weaknesses. If Anna did not have weaknesses, we would not be able to relate to her and would be unrealistic; she would be seen as “too good to be true”. Though Anna has her weaknesses, she does not let them get the better of her, this is why Anna is such an inspiration and a role
The Elf Child October 4, 2012 In the novel The Scarlet Letter the character of Pearl is one that represents every since of the word ambiguous. Pearl is nothing but a child; she is an untamed and disobedient little “elf”, despite that she is a beautiful and loving child of her mother. Throughout the book, Pearl is depicted mocking her mother and other authority figures in her life, including governors, but she is also shown standing up for her mother and herself in various situations. These two different sides of Pearl make her highly ambiguous, and creates the effect of uncertainty in the reader of how they feel about her. Her ambiguity is significant because it represents the ambiguous atmosphere surrounding the affair between Hester
Because of her hate towards Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, Abigail creates demented tales, directed at abolishing the “problem.” Though Abigail’s wild canards seem quite obtuse in civilization today, at the time her acts fell to justification. Furthermore, because of Abigail’s childlike disposition in wiggling her way out of punishment as well as her lust and love for John Proctor, she found deceiving the people of Salem easy, seeing as the threat of witchcraft and demons loomed dangerously in the hearts and minds of all who lived there. Though the
Her daughter Pearl is born because of this sin. Hester loves Pearl very much and wouldn’t have changed what she did. Pearl is a very significant symbol in this novel because she is a constant reminder to the citizens that Hester had committed adultery. At the beginning of the novel, when Pearl was just a baby, she was a symbol of the sin that Hester had committed. Pearl was proof that she had committed adultery.