A Fall from Gracefulness Pearl’s have become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable, and valuable over time. She herself was the product of an iniquity, unfortunately leaving her with a worthless childhood of shunment and shelteredness. Pearl’s unique uprising allows her to be independent and eventually leave her home in order to impress upon the reader the amount of freedom and redemption she gained throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Her mother, Hester Prynne, concocted her isolated youth by committing adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale. Being the child of someone who has committed a major crime in a newly founded minuscule town, in the new world, was not easy. This gave Pearl the fate of a lonesome and mysterious young life, throwing bounds of missed opportunities to become an “average” adolescent. Quickly, Pearl and her mother became the sole outcasts, living in the wonderlous forests on the outskirts …show more content…
Pearl’s unique uprising allows her to be independent and leave her home in order to impress upon the reader the amount of freedom and maturity she gained throughout the novel. After being shunned and unclaimed by her own father for many years, she had sought out the closure she hoped and dreamed for. Pearl is a very important character, not only does she signify the scarlet letter in living terms, but her free spirited disposition helps to show her purity and almost perfect nature. She leads her parents to redemption with her essential characteristics. After constantly battling with the world, she is finally set free to “be a woman in it” (Hawthorne 229). Without Pearl, the backbone of this novel would be lost, she is arguably one of the most relevant characters and gives great diction to the storyline. Pearl may be a fall from gracefulness, but her dynamic change throughout the story allows her to earn redemption for her actions as an immature