“A child called nature” The life of Pearl in The Scarlet Letter Pearl is a difficult child. She is unintentionally cruel, unpredictable, intelligent, and demanding. Her mood can change from laughing uncontrollably one minute to completely silent the next. These unique traits make her seem demonic. She is an object of natural beauty. She is throw out of society and into nature. Growing up feeling more at home in the forest than in the town. Being referred to as merely a creature of nature can lead one to take on the personality of nature. In becoming unpredictable and unintentionally cruel to the human society. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The Puritan society punishes Hester by forcing her to wear a scarlet letter across her bosom for the rest of her life. Pearl’s unknown father, Dissmmedale is being punished by the guilt that resides deep inside his heart. Pearl is unfairly punished because of the actions of her mother and her father. Pearl is a child born from sin. The society unfairly dehumanizes young Pearl for being the living representation of her mother’s sin. She is the product of an act of adultery between Hester Prynne and Arthur Dissmedale. She is the only visible tie that keeps Hester and Dissmedale together.The Puritan Community does not accept Pearl or recognize her as one of their members. Pearl does not learn the customs of the community because she is banished from the community. They believe she belongs to nature, not to man or human society. Hester dresses Pearl in outfits that resemble the scarlet letter. Her mother dresses her as the scarlet letter. She is the physical description of the scarlet letter.*POEST, 2* The first object Pearl sees becomes the of Pearl’s obsession, her mother’s sinful badge. The scarlet letter mesmerizes Pearl as an infant she would reach out for it. As a young girl Pearl becomes obsessed with the scarlet letter. She ...
