Реферат: Scarlet Letter Ambiguity Essay Research Paper Ambiguity

with life!?

(Hawthorne, 93). Pearl is dressed in a scarlet dress with gold fringe exactly

resembling the

Scarlet A on Hester?s bosom. Pearl had a natural preference to focus on the

Scarlet Letter,

which is show in Chapter 15. ??Pearl took some eel-grass, and imitated,

as best as she

could, on her own bosom, the decoration with which she was so familiar on her

mother?s.

A letter, the letter A, but freshly green, instead of scarlet!? (Hawthorne,

163). In this

scene, Hester eventually has to deny its significance to Pearl after she

constantly confronts

her mother of its significance. One of the most symbolic scenes in the novel

occurs in the

forest as Pearl and Hester are traveling to meet Dimmesdale. Pearl remarks to

Hester that

?the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it

is afraid of

something on your bosom.? (Hawthorne, 168). Sunshine, which can symbolize

composed

happiness or the approval of God and nature, rejects Hester because of her

sin and the

?thing on her bosom?. Therefore, this confirms that Pearl constantly

reminds her of her sin

and her punishment. In one of the most dramatic scenes in the novel, Pearl

prevents Hester

from escaping her sin and shame. Pearl ?bursts into a fit of passion? and

will not go to her