Pearl: the title is emblematic, giving more emphasis to the symbol of the girl. As the writer writes, pearl has a double meaning: the valuable object and the little child. The only thing she actually has is the girl, and is both the only thing as the most valuable thing (as a pearl) she has. The great contrast is between this little child and her parents. It seems that her mother is the symbol of shame, uglyness, compared to the little perfect "angel". we can see another comparison with angels , seen already at the end of chapter 4: here hester is the "mortal man", inferior, but Pearl is even above the magistrates (angels) because she ahd been brought to Eden to stay with them.
on pg 81 L9 we can see the link with angels, light, maybe also with a saint? (hester, saintlike)
L 14 wild flower: compare rose, wild rose and perfection of nature.
pg 82, L 15 "LONELY MOTHER OF THIS ONE CHILD" compare to ch 4 "had she sinned alone?" why does H. remark her being alone in the sin?
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