Part one of term paper
Most novels usually have a main symbol, which teaches a character, or the reader, a very important lesson or moral. This is true in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic The Scarlet Letter, where Hester Prynne’s daughter Pearl serves as the most extensive living symbol in the entire novel. She is much more of a symbol than an actual cha ...

Part two of term paper
... intelligent little girl who is full of life and shows a “rich and luxuriant beauty; a beauty that shone with deep and vivid tints.” She is a living, breathing child who can see and talk. The only real characteristics that prove she is an actual person are shown by her emotions; she has a very unfavorable temper and usually ends up getting her way by throwing tantrums. For example, in the forest scene, she sees her mother’s scarlet letter discarded on the ground, fusses ...