She resembled, in her fierce pursuit of them, an infant pestilence,-
the scarlet fever, or some half-fledged angel of judgment,- whose
mission was to punish the sins of the rising generation" (93).
Pearl is such an odd child! She threw a fit unlike what most children
would do. She seems here like a guard dog to her mother to protect and
take care of her from those that persecute her for the scarlet letter
she bears. This will definitely call attention to her, which will not
be good in the future, because such spuratic antics can not be good in
such a solemn society.
"'God gave me the child!' cried she. 'He gave me her in requital of
all things else, which he had taken from me! She is my happiness!- she
is my torture, none the less! Pearl keeps me here in life! Pearl
punishes me too!... Ye shall not take her! I will die first!'" (103).
I like this show of motherly love, although it is also Hester's need
to be punished for her sin. She has such conflicting feelings for
Pearl, one that wants her to hold on to her daughter, and one that
makes her want to undergo her sin. Hester loves Pearl beause Pearl is
her daughter and her punishment, and Hester sees Pearl as her
redemption. A gift like a child from adultary can not be anything else
other than a gift and a sin, but also the redemption to overcome the
guilt of the sin by taking care of the gift that resulted from it.
the scarlet fever, or some half-fledged angel of judgment,- whose
mission was to punish the sins of the rising generation" (93).
Pearl is such an odd child! She threw a fit unlike what most children
would do. She seems here like a guard dog to her mother to protect and
take care of her from those that persecute her for the scarlet letter
she bears. This will definitely call attention to her, which will not
be good in the future, because such spuratic antics can not be good in
such a solemn society.
"'God gave me the child!' cried she. 'He gave me her in requital of
all things else, which he had taken from me! She is my happiness!- she
is my torture, none the less! Pearl keeps me here in life! Pearl
punishes me too!... Ye shall not take her! I will die first!'" (103).
I like this show of motherly love, although it is also Hester's need
to be punished for her sin. She has such conflicting feelings for
Pearl, one that wants her to hold on to her daughter, and one that
makes her want to undergo her sin. Hester loves Pearl beause Pearl is
her daughter and her punishment, and Hester sees Pearl as her
redemption. A gift like a child from adultary can not be anything else
other than a gift and a sin, but also the redemption to overcome the
guilt of the sin by taking care of the gift that resulted from it.
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