The Scarlet Letter Process Paper

Characters physical and personality traits are portrayed on evidence in the text. In the novel The Scarlet Letter the character Pearl is portrayed as the young mischievous daughter of Hester Prynne. Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays Pearl's physical trait as a spitting image of her mother but also reveals the different personally side of Pearl. Pearl was born into a town of her mother's sin. Pearl's mother paid a huge price to obtain her. Pearl was condemned …

…including her mother. Pearl does not suffer from any guilt or torment from the sin her mother put upon her. Pearl is displayed to be an evil omen "Pearl was a demon offspring; such as ever since old Catholic times had occasionally been seen on earth through the agency of their mother's sin, and to promote some foul and wicked purpose. (pg.68) Pearl can be clearly seen as the living proof of her mother's sin.