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underneath her cap. In the one moment that Hester attempts to escape her sin,

Pearl

refuses to acknowledge her until she returns to the shameful mother that she

has always

known. Pearl is a child without guilt, with all a child?s freshness and

spontaneity, however

to Hester is a persistent remembrance to the Scarlet A, which she must bare

on her bosom.

Pearl really was the Scarlet Letter, because if Pearl had never been born,

Hester would

have never been found guilty of adultery, and thus never would have had to

wear that

burden upon her chest. As Pearl?s symbolic meaning of being the embodiment

of the

scarlet letter, this is not the only symbolic meaning that she has.

Pearl is also symbolic in that she symbolized innocence. She did absolutely

nothing to be treated how she was treated, all Pearl did was be born. Pearl,

in the same

idea of being the symbol of innocence, is the symbol of the treasure of

youth. Her name

designates her to be a child of great value and worth. A pearl in the ocean

is found and

extracted after careful labor. Pearl was brought into the world at a great

cost. She was

brought into the world at the expense of her mother’s public condemnation.

Pearl is

innocent and is her mother’s only treasure and companion. Pearl is different

from ordinary