The Scarlet Letter
Why does Hawthorne portray Pearl as such a wild child? In Chapter 15.
Why does Hawthorne portray Pearl as such a wild child? In Chapter 15.
Why does Hawthorne portray Pearl as such a wild child? In Chapter 15.
In Puritan society the sin that Hester and Dimmesdale commit is completely "wild." The result of that sin, Pearl, represents the wildness that their adultery has conceived. She is wild because they have been wild and reckless in a society which punishes such behavior.