The Living Symbol, Pearl

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 gave her in requital of all things else, which ye had taken from me. She is my happiness!- she is my
torture, none the less! See ye not, she is the scarlet letter, only capable of being loved, and…