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    The Significance of Pearl One of the most complex characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the story, she develops into a dynamic individual, as well as an extremely important symbol. Pearl is shunned from society because of her mother's sin. She is a living representation of the scarlet letter, acting as a constant reminder of Hester's sin. Hawthorne uses vivid descriptions to characterize Pearl. She is first described

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    folklore, there was a pearl driver who ends up finding a pearl known as “The Pearl of the World” John Steinbeck knew of this tale and wrote a story called the pearl. The Pearl can teach the reader many important lessons through the events of this story and it's many themes that are portrayed through the use of figurative language. An example of this is how Steinbeck uses the symbols of the pearl ,light and darkness to show that greed and wealth corrupts one character. The pearl symbolizes the

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    history’s abiding collection of remarkable writings. Throughout this piece, it is easy to notice the hardship Hester must endure every day while living with the reputation of committing adultery. She must also undergo the constant reminder of her child, Pearl, and the Scarlet Letter that is publically posted on her bosom. Both Hester 's child and her abhorrent letter are attached to her constantly and establish a level of stress that is unparalleled. NEED GOOD THESIS Throughout The Scarlet Letter many

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    Many times in literature we come across characters who try to save their people but repeatedly fail. This type of character is known as a tragic hero. No matter how hard these type of characters countlessly try and try to be a hero, but in the end being the hero is not their forte. We see this dynamicness of a character in Kino from The Pearl by John Steinbeck. From the beginning of the text Kino is shown to be a character who values family morals and all in all wants the best for his family. However

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    Scarlet Letter, made Pearl be one of the most influential “characters” in the story. She comes forth as a very strong symbol rather than a character. She comes to represent many symbols throughout chapter VI, which is all about Pearl, and who and what she is. Hawthorne did something with Pearl that the reader cannot perceive unless they think in a symbolic way. He makes her a theme that is brought forward to the reader and makes it understand the true meaning of Pearl. Pearl is presented to us

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    the course of the book the pearl by John Steinbeck many characters display greed and or lack of greed. In the book the person that is most effected by greed is Kino. He starts the book life a normal and humble life but ends the book in a state of sadness all because of his greed for the great pearl. One character who displays a lack of greed is Juana, in the book she is always an advocate to get rid of the pearl in any way possible even if it means destroying the pearl and getting no money form it

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    A pearl is an object of immense value and tremendously precious to its beholder. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, uses this definition to create the character Pearl. Pearl, named because she was purchased with everything her mother had, is a complex and symbolic character in the novel (81). Because Pearl’s parents, Reverend Dimmsdale and Hester Prynne committed adultery, there was penance to be paid. Pearl is this price for Hester. Just like when beautiful pearls come from grotesque

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    child, Pearl, with one of Boston’s well-known ministers, Arthur Dimmesdale. Set in Puritan New England in the 1700s, the environment encircles the Puritan beliefs as well as the Puritan government. Caught by the town when she starts to show, Hester is sentenced to prison time and public humiliation for her adultery. As she raises Pearl she encounters her eccentric behavior and wild actions in stride as she has difficulties establishing just punishments for her. Over the course of the novel, Pearl develops

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, is not particularly a very happy tale in which the lives of the characters are full of sunshine and rainbows. In fact, for some of the characters, such as Hester, who was imprisoned for committing adultery, finding joy is very difficult. For her daughter, Pearl, the product of Hester’s sin, finding joy is an even larger struggle considering that she grew up in a prison with no father. However, Hawthorne displays how happiness can always be found. He

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    Scarlet Letter Symbolism

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    story The Scarlet Letter. “Both characters and actions are soaked in symbolism” (Wagenknecht 61). Both characters from the novel and even main settings and objects in the novel were symbolized by something in some sort of way. Examples of characters and objects from the book that used symbolism in some way were Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, the forest, Pearl and many more were in the story. Hester was one the most if not the most popular fictional, female character in American fiction. Hester Prynne

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