Pearl as an Expression of Hester’s Emotions in Hawthornes The Scarlet

The Scarlet Letter Pearl as an Expression of Hesters Hidden Emotions In literature, authors often represent a mentions hidden emotions or inner thoughts by presenting them in a separate character. Such is the case in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter as he uses Pearl to express Hesters inner thoughts and hidden emotions. Above all, the warfare of Hesters spirit, at that epoch, was perpetuated in Pearl. Despite the public shame she has go through and many years of wearing the intimation of her adulterous sin, Hester Prynne remains proud and displays her letter boldly. Anyone that did not possess quite her level of emotional stamina and vainglory would have surely decreased in character and may possibly even lose all hope in life, but Hester proves to be very(prenominal) different. Instead of reacting to the humiliation and remarks of the commons in a hostile manner, Hester instead ignores these things and focuses her mind more toward memories of years past, as she did whi le standing on the support for the first time. Hawthorne thus uses her young, spriteful daughter, Pearl, to represent the emotions that Hester either cannot, or chooses not to, display openly to others. In chapter 6, Pearl is described as showing a live of mischief and a disrespect for authority, which frequently reminded Hester of her own sin of passion. Similarly, in Pearls games of make-believe, she never creates friends. She creates only enemies Puritans whom she pretends to destroy. It is a rare occurrence that a child so young in age should think such thoughts of morbidity, thus strengthening the evidence of Hawthornes use of Pearl as a display of Hesters thoughts thoughts of retaliating against the Puritans for ... ...ks Cited Chase, Richard (1996). The Ambiguity of the Scarlet Letter. Readings on Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp. 145-152). San Diego Greenhaven. Fiedler, Leslie A. Love And Death In The American Novel. Normal Dalkey, 1998. Hawthorne, J. (1886, April). The Scarl et Letter. The Atlantic Monthly On-line, pp. 1-20. Available http//wwww.theatlantic.com/ detach/classrev/scarlet.html Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York St. Martins, 1991. Loring, G. B. (1850). The Scarlet Letter and Transcendentalism. Massachusetts Quarterly Review On-line, pp. 1-6. Available http//eldred.ne.mediaone.net/nh/loring.html Scharnhorst, Gary. The Critical Response to Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter. New York Greenwood, 1992. Author unknown. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Microsoft Encarta encyclopaedia 99 On-line, pp. 1-4.