Having Pearl around Hester serves as a bittersweet reminder of the scarlet letter brazen on her bosom, always reminiscing her of her false step in the past of committing. Hester is a bad mother, but she should be able to keep Pearl. Hester should be able to keep Pearl because Pearl is the only thing Hester has in life, Pearl is a blessing and a retribution, and Pearl saved Hester. Therefore, Pearl should not be taken away from her mother. Pearl is the only thing Hester has in life.
Pearl keeps me here in life. Without Pearl, Hester would have no reason to live. Pearl is a blessing and a retribution. Although some may say that Hester, because she is not very caring, should not be able to keep Pearl, they are mistaken.
Because of her crime, Hester is learning many lessons which she can pass on to Pearl. Teaching Pearl these lessons for her to be wiser and better is Hester caring for Pearl.
If she was not caring, Hester would not bother passing her lessons on to Pearl. All in all, Hester should be able to keep Pearl because Pearl is the only thing Hester has in life, Pearl is a blessing and a retribution, and Pearl saved Hester.
Hester may not be the best mother, but Pearl will be able to learn from her mistakes to be wiser and better.
Therefore, Hester should be able to keep. Show More. What type of work does Chillingworth take on in New England? What does Dimmesdale believe he sees when the meteor lights up the night sky? How does Pearl react when she first sees her mother without the scarlet A?
What makes Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale finally feel hope about their future? Why does Hester choose the forest to meet Dimmesdale and Chillingworth? What does the last sentence of the novel mean? Society Empathy. Summary Chapters 15— Previous section Chapters 13—14 Next section Chapters Test your knowledge Take the Chapters Quick Quiz. But Hester should have made peace with this injustice long ago.
What did her outburst mean? Had seven long years under the torture of the scarlet letter inflicted so much misery without moving her to repentance?
He being gone, she summoned back her child. When he was gone, she summoned her child back. Little Pearl! Where are you? At first, as already told, she had flirted fancifully with her own image in a pool of water, beckoning the phantom forth, and—as it declined to venture—seeking a passage for herself into its sphere of impalpable earth and unattainable sky.
Soon finding, however, that either she or the image was unreal, she turned elsewhere for better pastime. She made little boats out of birch-bark, and freighted them with snail-shells, and sent out more ventures on the mighty deep than any merchant in New England; but the larger part of them foundered near the shore. She seized a live horseshoe by the tail, and made prize of several five-fingers, and laid out a jelly-fish to melt in the warm sun. Then she took up the white foam, that streaked the line of the advancing tide, and threw it upon the breeze, scampering after it with winged footsteps, to catch the great snow-flakes ere they fell.
Perceiving a flock of beach-birds, that fed and fluttered along the shore, the naughty child picked up her apron full of pebbles, and, creeping from rock to rock after these small sea-fowl, displayed remarkable dexterity in pelting them. One little gray bird, with a white breast, Pearl was almost sure, had been hit by a pebble and fluttered away with a broken wing. But then the elf-child sighed, and gave up her sport; because it grieved her to have done harm to a little being that was as wild as the sea-breeze, or as wild as Pearl herself.
Pearl, whose active spirit never tired, had amused herself while her mother talked with the old doctor. At first, as already described, she flirted with her own image in a pool of water, beckoning the phantom in the water to come out and play, and trying to join the girl when she saw that she would not leave her pool. When Pearl discovered that either she or the image was unreal, she turned elsewhere for better amusement.
She made little boats out of birch bark, placed snail shells upon them, and sent more vessels into the mighty ocean than any merchant in New England. While Pearl plays, Hester and Dimmesdale resolve to run away together and make a life for themselves in the Old World, far away from Chillingworth's accusations. Hester throws away the scarlet letter A and shakes her hair loose. Dimmesdale is pretty into this as are we , but Pearl isn't. She refuses to come to her mother until the scarlet letter's back on.
Ugh, fine: Hester realizes that she's right. As long as she's living in the community, she has to wear the letter. Now it's Election Day, time for Dimmesdale's big send off.
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