Pearl Character Description

Michael Rossi
February 20, 2010
Advanced Placement English Literature/ Mr. George
Pearl Character Description

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Pearl is a signal in Prynne’s life who takes on different meanings at different instances in Prynne’s life.
Hester originally considered Pearl as a gift sent from God to alleviate some of her sadness: “But she named the infant ‘Pearl,’ as being of great price” (Hawthorne 81). While Dimmesdale and Hester kept their sin a secret, Pearl would constantly serve as a reminder of their folly. As Pearl grew into a toddler, she encumbered her mother with the responsibility of policing an unruly child. After Dimmesdale liberated his sin that Pearl was able to alter her emblematic status and exude the profits of leading a truthful life: “Pearl was not only alive, but married, and happy,” (Hawthorne 234).
Pearl is like an internet pop up. When an individual first notices a pop up they are usually excited as a flash of light and color decorates their screen proclaiming a free item. When Prynne was first given Pearl, she thanked God for her gift of a daughter. A few moments after the original shock the brain receives, the synapses recovers and begin to fire and remind one of the bad stories of viruses that their peers had received from clicking into one of these alluring messages. Similarly, Prynne was quick to denounce Pearl as the Devil’s child when Pearl disobeyed her. Some pop ups are true phenomena. Like a man who minimized a pop up only to have his roommate come and claim its bounty, Prynne was mistaken about Pearl who grew to lead a rich and happy life.
Pearl and Galileo Galilei were both brazenly criticized early in their lives, but were later appreciated by society.