Monday, September 2, 2013
Chapter 19
Picking up on the previous chapter, chapter 19 contains an event quite odd I say so myself. After Hester removes her A and is speaking to Dimmesdale about a new life (or somewhere along those lines) he tells Dimmesdale that he must meet Pearl their "beautiful child". As Pearl approaches, she refuses to fully unite with Hester and Dimmesdale throwing almost a fit until the missing A on Hesters bosom is attached once again. After a little dispute between Hester and Pearl, Hester finally agrees to reattach the A. Dimmesdale states that the only reason Pearl wouldn't reunite with them was because "children will not abide any, the slightest, changes in the accustomed aspects of things that are daily before their eyes" although this may be true, I kind of view it as something different. Pearl so far has been, like the A, a symbol of the sinful deed Hester and Dimmesdale have committed but only in living flesh. When Hester tried to rid herself of the A, thinking that her shame would be no gone forever, she seemed to have forgotten that regardless of the A she still holds the greatest symbol, Pearl. When Pearl notices the A, to me, it seemed like Pearl felt detachment or abandoned from Hester. The A and Pearl are both in one. If Hester attempts to remove the A aiming to rid herself of it, she is also attempting to rid herself of Pearl. I don't know though, I just feel like Pearl and the A have this connection that is unbreakable and to Hester irremovable.
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That is cool how you put those two together. I agree because ever since Pearl was a baby, she connected with the A on Hester's bosom. She knows why Hester got that scarlet letter and so to Pearl it may be a representation of herself through her Mom's heart.
ReplyDeletePearl has become really attached with the scarlet letter since she was a baby like Michaela mentioned. She has a great connection towards the letter and like Julio mentioned, Pearl got scared when she saw that Hester had removed the A. She felt as if Hester were getting rid of her as well. Pearl told Hester to put the scarlet letter back on and right after Hester put it on, she asked Pearl, "Wilt thou come across the brook, and own thy mother, now that she has her shame upon her,-now that she is sad?" And Pearl answered yes. Pearl doesn't want anything to change so seeing the Scarlet letter gone made her worry about herself.
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