Inof Hawthorne employs the figurative language of symbolism, , ,
, and . Incidentally and interestingly enough, it is the non-literal figurative language
(tropes) in Chapter 19 that answers the oft asked question, "What is the meaning of
?"
Some of these are seen as follows. Hawthorne starts with
symbolism in Pearl's name ( the importance of this chapter to
understanding the meaning of Pearl) and ends the chapter with
personification as he gives the forest and the brook human
characteristics. The forest has "multitudinous tongues" and the brook is
"melancholy" and "overburdened." The symbol of Pearl's name is drawn out in
the analogy comparing Pearl's adornment of wild flowers to the
adornment of "pearls, and diamonds, and rubies."
Another
analogy is introduced byand compares his looks to Pearl's as his
features are "repeated in her face" for people to "trace whose child she
is." Hawthorne carries the analogy...
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