Pearl (PG 71)
An actual pearl is formed from sand (not beautiful) but it makes something beautiful and the take pressure to make it. Just like when Hester held pearl tightly at on the scaffold. (I’m not saying that physically changed her appearance.)
The character pearl is, like her name, part of nature. Hawthorn describes her as this ravishing light in nature that the Puritans believe does not exist. Pearl is like the pedals of the rose bush and Hester is like the green stem. Hester is what keeps Pearl alive and growing and is doing that in such a way that there is little damage done to her and by putting Pearl above, she is keeping her innocent. But Hester on the other hand is planted in the ground, the ground in which is connected to the devil.
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