10.)"On the supposition that pearl, as already hinted, was demon origin, these good people not unreasonably argued that a Christian interest in the mother's soul required them to remove such a stumbling-block from her path."
They don't think that pearl should be with her mother anymore so she can go on the right path. They want her to be like every other child in this society and then become like every other adult in this society. Pearl to me is amazing, she is different and she doesn't care! Taking her away from her mother will not change pearl it will probably just depress her, they will not allow her to be herself which is like a "nymph". Besides who would chose to raise this child of "demon origin" the Puritans think she is so evil and i am sure none of them would step and raise her.
11.)"She resembled, in her fierce pursuit of them, an infant pestilence, the scarlet fever, or some such half fledged judgment, whose mission was to punish the sins of the rising generation."
They think that pearl is going to spread her evil ways to the rest of the children. They call her an angel which I think is weird because angels are supposed to be a good thing thing to those who believe in god. An angel is a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, so maybe what Hawthorne is saying is that she is trying to guide these people into the right direction. The puritans are supposedly acting the way they do because thats what god wants them to do but why would god send this angel to them?
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