Character Analysis of Pearl and Her Function as a Literary Device in The Scarlet Letter

This literary analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter examines the character of Hester's daughter, Pearl, as a symbol of innocence, sin, and redemption. The student also explains how Pearl comes to personify the scarlet letter as a function of the text and in how the other characters, including Hester, view her.

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"This is a strong essay with a clear sense of focus and purpose. You balance textual evidence and analysis across the body paragraphs, and the presentation is logical and easy for the reader to follow. The writing is mechanically sound and lucid, adding to the overall clarity of expression and argumentation.

My comments are to note a few minor issues, including some associated with quotations and formatting: check your style guide for block quotation rules (e.g., MLA will have you remove the quotation marks for long quotes), and "The pine trees needed little to..." quotation will need to be integrated into the surrounding text. Occasionally, the pronoun "she" gets a little confusing in referring to Pearl or Hester; the context usually provides a clue, but you don't want the reader to become distracted by the task of puzzling this out: revise those areas for greatest clarity.

As a final note, I would recommend reorienting your closing lines, which currently propose a counterfactual ("if Pearl hadn't been born..."); instead, make a positive statement about what actually happens for a more robust and textually grounded final point."

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