The Scarlet Letter: Description, Narration, And Symbolism

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of her label as an outcast. He then calls Pearl a “lovely and immortal flower” which shows her physical beauty, which is ironic because he has already labeled her a “creature”. Hawthorne uses description and symbolism to show how Hester Prynne feels about her daughter. “But she named the infant “Pearl”, as being of great price, -her mother’s only treasure” (62). Hester feels proud to have her daughter because she’s “her mother’s only treasure”. Pearl’s name symbolizes great importance and how valuable she is to Hester. Hawthorne uses narration to show Pearl’s attitude to others in her society and description to describe her character. “Pearl, who was a dauntless child, after frowning, stamping her feet and shaking her little hand with a variety of threatening gestures, suddenly made a rush at the knot of her enemies, and put them all to flight. She resembled, in her fierce pursuit of them, and infant pestilence, -the scarlet fever, or some such half-fledged angel of ...

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