4) How does Pearl react when she first sees her mother without the scarlet A? When Hester and Dimmesdale meet in the forest, she impulsively takes off the letter and throws it away. When Pearl sees her mother without the letter, she reacts by screaming and crying until Hester puts the letter back on.

In the forest, Hester and Dimmesdale are finally able to escape both the public eye and Chillingworth. They join hands and sit in a secluded spot near a brook. Hester, unable to bear his harsh words, pulls him to her chest and buries his face in the scarlet letter as she begs his pardon.

Hester’s plan is for Dimmesdale to go deeper into the wilderness and live in natural freedom away from the eyes of Puritan society or to return to Europe, where he will be free of “these iron men and their opinions.” But Dimmesdale feels he has not the strength to do either.

What is Hester’s plan for Dimmesdale, Pearl, and herself? To get on a ship and go to Europe, with its crowds they would fit in better there. They needed to live in a civilized place.

Hester plans to reveal the true identity of Chillingworth to Dimmesdale because she is concerned about what Chillingworth may be doing to him. She decides to look for Dimmesdale in the forest where he goes for walks.

Pearl Prynne, the daughter of Hester Prynne, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter can be considered the most symbolic character in the novel. Throughout the book, she is portrayed as a symbol of adultery, truth, and hope. Pearl always represents these three important themes.

However, in the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is seen by many as a demon or devil-child because she is the embodiment of her mother’s sin. Although Pearl does get mad, she is a blessing for her mother by protecting her, connecting Dimmesdale to be with her, and gives Hester a new outlook on life.

Townspeople believe Pearl is the incarnation of the Devil, while Hester believes Pearl is the physical embodiment of her sin.

Summary—Chapter 7: The Governor’s Hall The townspeople reason that if Pearl is a demon-child, she should be taken from Hester for Hester’s sake. And, they reason, if Pearl is indeed a human child, she should be taken away from her mother for her own sake and given to a “better” parent than Hester Prynne.

One of these debated mothers is Hester Prynne, the malefactress who committed adultery and gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Pearl. Overall, Hester Prynne is a good mother and should be able to keep her fateful daughter, Pearl.

Hester argues to keep Pearl by saying she can teach Pearl the faith through her mistakes and trials, but also by saying Pearl is a daily reminder of the sin she committed.

Fictional character overview Because Hester has no husband with her, she is imprisoned, convicted of the crime of adultery, and sentenced to be forced to wear a prominent scarlet letter ‘A’ for the rest of her life.

However, Hester never has to tell Pearl directly because Dimmesdale admits to it in front of her during the last scaffold scene. During that scene, he admits to being her father and asks her to kiss him now that he has made the admission.

“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. . . . It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!”

Hester and Pearl go to the forest because Hester is determined to warn Dimmesdale of the threat Chillingworth poses. She travels to the forest because she knows Dimmesdale will be returning that way from visiting the Indians (Native Americans). It will provide a private place for them to talk unobserved.

In The Scarlet Letter, Chillingworth married Hester because he hoped to find some happiness in married life, and she was young and beautiful. He had lived a pretty lonely and solitary existence for most of his years, and he longed for the happiness that he saw so many others enjoy.

Hester’s plan is for the three of them, Dimmesdale, Pearl, and herself to escape on a ship to Europe where they can start over and live as a family.

So, when Dimmesdale kisses Pearl, he truthfully acknowledges her as his daughter; therefore, Pearl kisses him in like recognition as she ceases to be a symbol of her parents’ adultery and becomes human, in acceptance and forgiveness of Dimmesdale, and in weeping human tears for the first time in the narrative.

Pearl had a temper tantrum because her mother did not have on her Scarlet Letter. In a way, Pearl thought her mom was “throwing away” Pearl as well as the scarlet letter. Therefore, Pearl was the one tying Dimmesdale and Hester to this sin, being the physical product of their sin.

Who is Pearl? Why did Hester name her daughter Pearl? She refers to is as a price, that Hester had put all effort into her daughter. She, the child, is Hester’s only treasure.

Pearl is also isolating Hester, just the same as the community has. Why won’t Pearl show any affection to Dimmesdale? Pearl cannot trust Dimmesdale until he publicly acknowledges her and Hester by walking together in the marketplace.

What story does Pearl hear of her mother’s involvement with the Black Man of the Forest? Pearl has overheard rumors that her mother meets regularly with the devil in the forest. Hester denies this and admits to meeting with the devil once and receiving the scarlet letter from him.