"See ye not, this is the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and so endowed with a millionfold the power of retributation for my sin?" (Hawthorne pg. 109) Critics have suggested that Pearl did not always act the way other children might have been known to and I agree with this. Using details from the book, and other resources, the following paragraphs will look further into Pearl's social behavior, different moods, and personal relationships with other characters.

In The Scarlet Letter, Pearl had no childhood friends. She was born an outcast and even at an early age, seemed to know that she didn't fit in. One example of her maturity in society was "If the children gathered about her, as they sometimes did, Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them." (Hawthorne pg. 90) This action not only showed her defending herself but also protecting her mother. Hester was the town gossip and the outcast as well as Pearl. Since birth, Pearl had sensed she was not supposed to fit in. When children talked to her, she would never talk back, but when she was picked on she wouldn't think twice to hold her ground. Not only

Now you see how Pearl could be older then her age at times. Being an outcast most likely forced her to adapt to her different lifestyle. Critics have suggested that Pearl did not always act like other children, and now you might be able to see it too. Pearl's behavior in society, different moods, and her personal relationships with other characters show just what a remarkable girl she was.

was she wise in this way but very independent and strong.

Arthur Dimmesdale was not only the man that saved Pearl from being taken from Hester but was also her father. Dimmesdale was afraid that people would recognize his features in her face, but he truly did love her. "Pearl and Dimmesdale both rebelled against the Puritan society. He in a semi-controlled adult way, and she in her impish, chaotic child way." (Tanguay, Edward- Internet) Pearl also would not really show Dimmesdale much emotion because she warned him to hold her and her mothers hand in town but he kept putting it off to another day. When he tried to show her that he truly did love her, by kissing her forehead, she washed the kiss off in the brook. After his sermon, at the end of the survey, Dimmesdale did take their hands on the scaffold and professed that he was the father of Pearl and passed away.

As for Pearl's moods, she could be childlike one minute then seem wise th

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