The Scarlet Letter
What do they revealabout the leaders attitude toward pearl
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The magistrates believe that Pearl should be taken away from her mother because Hester is a bad influence. When they ask her who made she she responds that she was plucked from a rosebush....... they wanted to hear God; her stories are not those of a young girl being raised in the Puritan faith; they beliueve her to be an imp....... and a bit of a devil.
The Scarlet Letter