Character Analysis: Pearl

This is a character analysis of Pearl in the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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 Character analysis Pearl
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is not merely the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale; she is a living embodiment of the consequences of their sin and a complex symbol in her own right. Hawthorne crafts Pearl as both a real...

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