Hester Prynne Character Traits

Character Analysis The innocent daughter of Hester Prynne, Pearl, overcomes the merciless monster of her society in order to prosper in life later down the road. This abomination was filled to the brim with criticism, hate and cruelty unnecessary for a mere toddler. However, regardless of the insuperable circumstances, Pearl eventually trekked over the critical mountain of her society. That is to say, she warded off the wolves of malice and weathered the blistering winds of bitterness. In turn, she reached her peak as an outcast, and persevered through the abstrusity known as her society. Without a doubt, the townspeople were against everything that Pearl stood for because of her mother’s poor decision. She was isolated from her peers and

Quite clearly, Pearl was a child that did not receive this human acceptance and interaction. Due to that fact, there are an aggregation of symptoms that can affect the mind and body of Pearl in the future. This includes Pearl’s language development, social cues, emotions, self-image, and self-esteem. (Blakesley) These differences in human emotion and self esteem can lead to the said person not associating with the other groups of children properly. This factor is duly present in the novel The Scarlet Letter. For example, in the story when Pearl “interacts” with the other children in her town. “Pearl saw, and gazed intently, but never sought to make acquaintance.” Also, when speaking of the other young children’s way of thinking. “The truth was, that the little Puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child; and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not unfrequently reviled them with their tongues.” (Hawthorne 86) This makes it very clear that the other kids never wished to get to know Pearl, and the assumption can be made that this was based off of what their parents purported at home.The young girl was debased and ridiculed before anyone even had the opportunity to get to know her. However, Pearl was not only isolated from

Among other things, the Governor often refers to her as a young witch. “That little baggage hath witchcraft in her, I profess. She needs no old woman’s broomstick to fly withal!” (Hawthorne 106) Moreover, not only the people were afraid of her being a monstrosity fabricated by sin, her own mother had the same worries. “Day after day, she looked fearfully into the child’s expanding nature, every dreading to detect some dark and wild peculiarity, that should correspond with the guiltiness to which she owed her being.” (Hawthorne 82) However, regardless of all of this, she did not turn into such an evil person as the town thought. Under the circumstances, with the whole world against her, why would it be wrong for her to escape to the New World? “So Pearl became the richest heiress of her day, in the New World.” Also, she did in fact take care of her mother handsomely with “comfort and luxury” by sending her money in the mail. “... that Pearl was not only alive, but married, and happy, and mindful of her mother, and that she would have most joyfully have entertained that sad and lonely mother at her fireside.” (Nathaniel 234) This quote alone shows that she was not this heartless person ever since she realized her mother put her in that