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The Living Symbol, Pearl

Date Submitted: 12/24/2004 13:41:53
Category: / Literature
Length: 3 pages (720 words)
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…creation is credited to the evil of sin, is a living symbol and reminder of the sins of which Hester and Dimmesdale committed. This heaven sent combination of prize and punishment assumes the position of creating repentance in her mother's heart and bodily symbolizes the wrong she has committed. Pearl is a device, tangible and real in nature, to reveal the evil in her guardians' deeds. She is, in all reality, the living Scarlet Letter!
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