Реферат: Scarlet Letter Ambiguity Essay Research Paper Ambiguity

principles of an

unflinching courage, ?an uncontrollable will, ?a sturdy pride…?

(Hawthorne, 165) Also,

Pearl asks Hester where she came from, and Hester says that she came from the

Heavenly

father and Pearl says, ?He did not send me…I have no Heavenly Father.?

All of these

characteristics relate to sin, especially sin that is not recognized. While

committing the sin,

a person has strong will, pride, and courage just like Pearl does. Pearl is

wild along with

passionate. Since Pearl is so wild and passionate, she is accepted very well

in the forest.

This explains very straight forwardly how she is evil. Since she is accepted

well in the

forest, which is the home of the ?Black Man? or evil, she is symbolizing

evil. Likewise,

when the sin is discovered, Pearl?s character changes dramatically. Before,

Pearl had been

wild and not very caring, when her father, Arthur, finally admits he is Pearl?s

father and is

dying, Pearl changes. This breaks her free from being the symbol of evil and

sin, and gives

a chance to go to the next and final symbolization of Pearl.

Hawthorne uses Pearl for one last symbol in The Scarlet Letter, the symbol of

the moral blossom. This is very much associated with symbolizing a rose.

Since her

mother symbolized passion through the rosebush, the child is thus comparable

to the