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Ambiguity in the Scarlet Letter

Ambiguity
-When we were first introduced to Pearl, she was immediately drawn to the Scarlet A on Hester’s bosom. “But the first object of which Pearl seemed to become aware was the scarlet letter on Hester’s bosom! One day, as her mother stooped over the cradle, the infant’s eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery about the letter’ and, putting up her little hand, she grasped at it, smiling not doubtfully, but with a decided gleam.”
---rational
The infant Pearl notices an ornate object above her
-supernatural
pearl knows, even as an infant, that it is a mark of shame
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Posted by: Helene Hannah

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