A comparison of the two characters Pearl and Teacake in the two books "Their Eyes were Watching God" and "The Scarlet Letter"
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:41:03
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (734 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (734 words)
Pearl And Teacake: A Comparison
Those we love are the most capable of hurting us. We place with them our trust, we lay ourselves bare to them, so that only they can see us for who we are. But when they hurt us, that hurt stings more deeply, and stays longer than any other. Examining the books "Their Eyes Were Watching God", and "The Scarlet Letter", we can easily compare Hester and Janie. More subtle …
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…the lives of their loved ones.
Overall, it is the free spirit, the mischievousness, and the pain they inflict on their loved ones that makes Pearl and Teacake so similar. Teacake's quirky antics and Pearl's childish innocence cause them to be loved and give them the power to inflict pain. It is the undertones of these characters, not their obvious differences that make them so powerfully similar, and so intricately crucial to their respective stories.
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