Scarlet Letter Blog #2

Hawthorne often succeeds in symbolizing Pearl as an angel, using descriptions such as "So magnificent was the small figure...Pearls own proper beauty, shining through the gorgeous robes which might have extinguished a paler loveliness, that there was an absolute circle of radiance around her, on the darksome cottage floor" and "wild-flower prettiness of a peasant-baby, and the pomp, in little, of an infant princess" (82). These excerpts in no way infer that Pearl is anything but an innocent, young angel with an undeniably positive aura surrounding her. This element of Hawthorne's writing concludes that he believes some good things can come out of evil situations.