Pearls Contribution to The Scarlet Letter :: Scarlet Letter essays

gathers Contribution to The Scarlet Letter             In Hawthornes epic novel, The Scarlet Letter he discusses cliff, a main character, and her role in making the novel a romanticist wiz. Hawthorne uses three types of romantic topics relating to beadwork. Stereotypical characters, supernaturalness of characters, and the imaginary aspect of characters are any qualities of romantic language Hawthorne uses to better develop Pearls character.  Over the course of the novel Hawthorne uses all of the aspects of romantic language to unfold the life of Pearl and how she acts having these qualities.             Pearls quality of existence a stereotypical character makes her blend into some situations and not into others.  Pearl was portrayed as a stereotypical victim of Hesters sin, adultery, because as she walks through town with her mother the other kids shout and curse at her.  Pearl takes i t in stride and defends her mother and fends off the evil children. The adults of Boston, generally Puritans, talk behind Hesters back about the child organism one of a sinner.  Another common stereotype filled by Pearl is whenever an adult is occupied with something whence the child finds something to do.  When Hester went to the woods to meet with Dimmesdale, Pearl went off to play in the brook while the two adults talked and then she stopped when her mother called.  A second example is when Pearl go with her mother to the seashore where they met Chillingworth, Pearl wandered off by herself and occupied her meter by playing with seaweed and the various animal life that happened to be around.  Children potful also notice small differences in their surroundings that are unremarkably familiar to them.  When Hester and Dimmesdale where in the woods and decided to flee Boston and pass away to Europe, Hester removed her scarlet letter happily and thre w it into the brook. When she called to Pearl to tell her the parole of them leaving Boston, Pearl went into fits of rage and temper tantrums and would not come to her mother. This was because she was so used to seeing the scarlet letter on her mothers bosom.  Pearls quality of being stereotypical, compared to all children and characters in general, is highly unlikely and only adds to the amount of love affair in the novel.