Character of pearl

Sort By:
Page 6 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character Pearl is not only a major character, but also a constant symbol of redemption. She is the punishment for Dimmesdale and Hester’s sin as well as their path to salvation. Most importantly, however, Pearl is the scarlet letter itself. Pearl’s behavior and influence establish her role as a key symbol and a means to the evolution of the other characters. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Pearl serves as a punishment to Dimmesdale and Hester for

    • 787 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    be characters or even colors in order to represent abstract ideas or concepts that directly serve the themes of a literary work. Throughout The Pearl, readers can easily notice John Steinbeck's powerful skills in using symbols in the novel and how he portraits them to play an important role in highlighting different themes and gathering new meanings which deeply enhances that plot. Therefore, Steinbeck uses characters, objects and music in what it only seems to be a simple story about a pearl diver

    • 869 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    These characters are Pip and Pearl and, while each has received attention separately, there is more to learn about the novels through a comparison of the two. In The Scarlet Letter, the young Pearl plays an instrumental part in the development of the novels plots and themes. She has received some attention because of her memorable position in the books. In fact, one critic claims that Hawthorne “warns us that we shall have difficulties in understanding the plot unless we can interpret Pearl properly”

    • 1387 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Pearl Greed

    • 653 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, there are many uses of theme. This book is about a man named Kino who finds the pearl of the world and wants to sell it to help out his family. Sadly, the pearl was meant to help out the family, but ends up destroying it because of greed. Steinbeck shows that materialism and greed can lead to immoral behavior through three main characters in the book: the doctor, the robbers, and the town as a whole. When the town hears that Kino found the pearl of the world, they

    • 653 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Pearl: The “Witch-Child” In the book The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, young Pearl is used mainly as symbols throughout the novel. As the daughter of the Hester, the adulterer, she is viewed as a witch and the beast who put the letter on her mother’s chest. She is a unique and interesting character that Hawthorne gives many concealed symbols to. Because she is a child, Pearl can naturally sense the emotions of adults. The relationship between Hester and Pearl is bittersweet. Pearl is

    • 1399 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The novel The Pearl explains “There are only good and bad things and black and white things and good and evil things and no in between anywhere”(Steinbeck 1). Kino the main character in the pearl by John Steinbeck does not realize what he has and loses it all. Furthermore, Steinbeck tells a story about a poor man kino and his wife Juana and their baby Coyotito.This story takes place in a small fishing village in La Paz Mexico.Throughout this story kino finds a pearl that changes his and his family

    • 1203 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Hester Prynne’s daughter Pearl is one of the most complex characters observed in The Scarlet Letter. The fact that such a small child can have such a huge impact on the adults in the story can be thought of as ironic and thought provoking. Pearl goes against all of the odds that the community has set for her. Everyone assumes that Pearl is a “demon child” because she was born as a result of the sin of lust, and she does at times demonstrate signs of being peculiar. “But Pearl, who was a dauntless child

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Pearl Theme Essay

    • 1368 Words
    • 6 Pages

    themes good vs. evil, greed, social oppression, they all show up the book The Pearl, by John Steinbeck to help you find general topics in the story and to show the reader the impact that the different themes have on the story. In The Pearl the many themes in the book help you see big and small impacts to characters and the world around them, the themes also help you convey the main idea of the story. The book The Pearl, by John Steinbeck has different themes that incorporate into the story, and impact

    • 1368 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    and fully understand when you have changed. Whether it be a trivial change in habit to a crucial character transformation, it is best to set oneself up against an untouched canvas, and begin to analyze the newfangled person from there. Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, the concept of identifying one’s changes is apparent in two of the main characters, Pearl and Dimmesdale. Both characters experience their own engenderment of maturity and personal growth, though Dimmesdale’s involvement

    • 1298 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Pearl Greed Essay

    • 547 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In “The pearl” by John Steinbeck, there are lots of greedy people who want the pearl “The Pearl” is about a man named Kino who is very poor and finds the pearl of the world which will make him rich. In this short story Steinbeck shows that materialism and greed left unchecked can lead to immoral behavior through three main points. Three attackers who jump Kino trying to find the pearl, Kino himself who hurts people trying to protect it, and the doctor who is the most unlikely to be greedy. In the

    • 547 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays