about Pearl being a living symbol to Hester. -         Pearl. A child born of sin. Conceived by lust. Created by impurity.         As the result of her parents fall from grace, she represents the sinfulness of their act, and is a continual tool for the recollection of their dubious deed. Sent, was she, from the Almighty God as a gift, and a burden of the heart.                           ' 'God gave me the child?' cried she. 'He …showed first 75 words of 720 total…

…showed last 75 words of 720 total…creation is credited to the evil of sin, is a living symbol and reminder of the sins of which Hester and Dimmesdale committed. This heaven sent combination of prize and punishment assumes the position of creating repentance in her mother's heart and bodily symbolizes the wrong she has committed. Pearl is a device, tangible and real in nature, to reveal the evil in her guardians' deeds. She is, in all reality, the living Scarlet Letter!