26.)"So the child flew away like a bird, and, making bare her small white feet, went pattering along the moist margin of the sea."
Most of the things pearl symbolize come from the sky, an angel,a bird. This relates back to Pearl being sent from god as a messenger of judgment. If you think about Pearl everything she does or say kinda makes each character think about themselves. When someone judges you, you instantly think about yourself and think about how people think about you. An example of pearls judgment is when she told the minister that he should stand with them the next day in front of everyone and when he said no she tried to pull her hand away, or when she was throwing rocks at the other children, but last but not least when she always looks or mentions her mothers A. Everytime she does something like this she makes these people think about the choices they are making.
27.)“It lies not in the pleasure of the magistrates to take off this badge,” calmly replied Hester. “Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall away of its own nature, or be transformed into something that should speak a different purport.”
This shows the symbolism of the A lying on her chest. She knows that is a symbol of her sin and she doesn't think that she deserves to have the A removed until the sin or the guilt from the sin is gone. She feels the same amount of guilt that Dimmesdale feels she just doesn't have to feel it by herself. She has pearl, and they whole town knows about what she did so she doesn't have to hide it but in a way i think thats worse. She is judged every single day people look at her and point and exile her while dimmesdale is just living his life and punishing himself.
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