Difference between revisions of "Pearl: A Byproduct of Sin"

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Outline

Working Thesis: Pearl exists as a persistent and annoying symbol of the sin between Hester and Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter. (change "annoying")

living reminder
her activites and manners show this
- demon child
- maybe a devil
  - more community scorn
- sin produces sin
symbols big in romance novels
- shows an alternate reality - not realism
purity
- torments mother
- doesn't understand twisted adult world
- "more honest then adults"
focuses on "A"
- raises questions about the letter often
- always pointing it out
- doesn't go to mother when she doesn't have it
bad to Dimmesdale because he won't talk about his sin
successful after book
- becomes normal
- very rich
- marries and lives ahppily every after
- (symbolism?)