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The Scarlet Letter: The Puritans Are Wrong In Thinking That Pearl Is Wicked
Beginning of Essay
"What is one man's poison is another's meat or drink," Beaumont and
Fletcher wrote in one of their plays. Almost everything in the world is
interpretable in at least two conflicting ways. In The Scarlet Letter, the
Puritan society shuns a character named Pearl, y .... Middle of Essay .... flawless. Hester notices that Pearl has no physical
defects, but Pearl's character has an unexplainable aspect of oddity and
unpredictability. When she plays near Hester's cottage, Pearl "[smites]
down [and] uproot[s] most unmercifully [the] ugliest weeds"(87) which she
pretends are the Puritan children. Hester believes that Pearl is so
emotional and temperamental because the passion which Hester and
Dimmesdale experienced during their sinful act somehow transferred into
Pearl's soul. However, Pearl's antipathy for the Puritans is justified; the
children often torment her for no good reason. When Hester and Pearl go
into town, the Puritan children ....
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