the scarlet letter chap 21

« Heste r is n 't m en ta lly w it h t h e P urit a n s a n ym ore .

W e c a n a ls o lin k t h ese t w o q uo te s w it h   an o th er s till p .2 11 " ​ I t h ad t h e e ffe ct o f m akin g h er f a d e p ers o nally o ut o f s ig ht a n d   outlin e;.

.." ,​ b esid es b ein g li f e le ss, t h e n arra to r t e lls u s t h at s h e's b eco m in g in vis ib le .

T his   quo te m ake s u s u n d ers ta n d t h at H este r f o rg ets h ers e lf a n d is n o lo ng er c a p ab le o f b ea rin g   th e P urit a n s ju d gem en t, h id in g b eh in d u n p le a sa n t c lo th es, a n d in a c e rta in w ay d is a p pea rin g   fro m t h e P urit a n s s ig ht.

B y r e a d in g t h e t e xt, w e u n d ers ta n d t h at t h e o nly t h in g t h at k e ep s   Heste r f ro m n o t " d is a p pea rin g " is t h e s c a rle t le tte r a s it is s a id p .2 1 1: ​ "T he s c a rle t le tt e r   bro ug ht h er b ack f ro m t h is t w il ig ht in d is tin ctn ess, a n d r e ve a le d h er u n d er t h e m ora l a sp ect   of it s o w n illu m in atio n .

" ​ This p ers o nif ic a tio n s h o w s u s t h at c o m parin g t o t h e p re vio us   ch ap te r, t h is o ne u n ve ils a p o sit iv e s id e o f t h e s c a rle t le tte r b y s ta tin g t h at t h e s c a rle t le tte r   sa ve s h er f ro m t h e " t w ilig ht in d is tin ctn ess" w hic h m ig ht r e fe r t o a p artic u la r s p ir it u al p la ce   where a ll t h e f o rg o tte n p eo ple g o es m ayb e lik e t h e d ea d o nes t h at m ea n t h at " t w ilig ht   in d is tin ctn ess" is e it h er a sso cia te d t o h ea ve n o r h ell.

E ve n if " t w ilig ht in d is tin ctn ess" s e em s   to h ave a d ark c o nno ta tio n a n d s o h as m ore lin ke d w it h h ell t h an h ea ve n , h o w eve r, a t t h e e n d   of t h e q uo te it a p pea rs a t t h e e n d o f t h e q uo te t h at t h e S ca rle t L ette r c o uld n't b rin g H este r   en tir e ly b ack.

T hro ug h t h e d esc rip tio n o f H este r, w e le a rn t h at s h e c h an g es f ro m t h e   beg in nin g o f t h e n o ve l.

S he is n 't a d is tr a ctio n f o r t h e P urit a n s a n ym ore , s h e n o w b eco m es   co m ple te ly in vis ib le .

S he h as a lw ays b ee n t h e c e n tr e o f a tte n tio n, b ut in t h is c h ap te r, p eo ple   pass b y h er a s if s h e w asn 't e ve n h ere .     2- P earl b eco m es H este r’s n ew S ca rle t l e tte r   U nlik e H este r, P ea rl s e em s t o o b rig ht m ore t h an e ve r in t h is c h ap te r, t h e n arra to r u se s t h e   ad je ctiv e s " b rig ht"; " s u n ny"; " f a n cy"; o r " g o rg eo us", t h e a d je ctiv e s u se d t o d esc rib e P ea rl,   cre a te a c o ntr a st b etw een h er a n d H este r s in ce t h e w ord s u se d t o d esc rib e P ea rl c re a te s a   liv e ly a n d r a d ia n t a tm osp here w hile t h e o ne u se d t o d esc rib e H este r a re d ark e r a n d s h o w a n   un p le a sa n t s ig ht o f h er.

I n p .2 12 P ea rl is a ls o r e fe rre d t o a s a ​ "b rig ht a n d s u n ny a p parit io n"     as if h er p re se n ce b ro ug ht h ap pin ess in t h e p la ce , t h is q uo te s a ls o g iv e s t h e im pre ssio n o f   Pea rl b ein g a n a n g el b y u sin g w ord s lin ke d t o t h e lig ht, t h e s ky a n d t h e s u n , a n d c a ll h er a n   ap parit io n w hic h is t h e w ord t h at is o fte n u se d t o d esc rib e t h e a rriv a l o f a n g els o r m ys tic   cre a tu re s.

T he n arra to r e xp la in s t h at a lt h o ug h P ea rl is o nly w ea rin g a s im ple g re y d re ss, s h e   still d is tin g uis h es h ers e lf f ro m t h e P urit a n s, it 's c re a te d a c o ntr a st b etw een H este r a n d P ea rl   sin ce t h eir d re sse s a re m ad e f ro m t h e s a m e m ate ria l a s it w as s a id o n t h e p .2 12:​ " a f a n cy, a t   once s o g o rg eo us a n d s o d elic a te a s m ust h ave b een r e q uis it e t o c o ntr iv e t h e c h ild 's   ap pare l, w as t h e s a m e t h at h ad a ch ie ve d a t a sk p erh ap s m ore d if fic u lt , in im partin g s o   dis tin ct a p ecu lia rit y t o H este r's s im ple r o be." ​ There 's a lo t o f in fo rm atio n in t h is q uo te , 1 st,   th e n arra to r p ut H este r d o w n b y s ta tin g t h at t h e s a m e m ate ria l t h at m ake s P ea rl m ore   bea u tif u l t h an t h e o th er t im es, m ake s H este r c o m ple te ly in vis ib le f o r t h e f ir s t t im e s in ce s h e   co m mit te d h er s in .   Seco nd ly , in t h is q uo te H aw th o rn e, m ake s u s u n d ers ta n d t h at P ea rl's n o t a n o rm al c h ild   when h e s a ys t h at P ea rl a ls o m ake s h er o utf it a ttr a ctiv e w hen h e u se s t h e w ord s:   "g o rg eo us", " f a n cy" a n d " d elic a te ", t h ese a d je ctiv e s h ave a w ea lt h y a n d e le g an t c o nno ta tio n   lik e t h e w ord " g em " t h at's u se in t h e q uo te p .2 13 ​ "P ea rl, w ho w as t h e g em o n h er m oth er's   un q uie t b o so m "​ , T his q uo te d esc rib es P ea rl a s a lu xu ry je w el o n h er m oth er.

H ow eve r, H este r   has a lr e a d y a n a cce sso ry o n h er b o so m t h at is t h e s c a rle t le tte r, if w e t a ke in to a cco un t t h e   beg in nin g o f t h e c h ap te r t h at s a ys t h at t h e s c a rle t le tte r is h ard ly m akin g H este r a p pare n t a s   it d id in t h e p re vio us c h ap te r, it 's lik e ly t h at P ea rl t o ok t h e s c a rle t le tte r p la ce b y b eco m in g  . »