Describe Pearl in disposition in The Scarlet Letter.

The
incarnation ofand 's sin of
adultery,has an other-worldliness about her. She is capricious and
the
Puritan children do not like her because she is so different from them, "she
never
created a friend." Indeed, she is more symbol than she is human;
moreover, it is not until
her father kisses her on the scaffold at the
novel's end that Pearl becomes truly human as
"a spell was broken" and her
"errand as a messenger of anguish was
fulfilled."

Before
this part of the novel, Pearl is described as an
"elf-child" and an
"airy-sprite" who plays an active role in reminding her
mother of her sin. 
Often she pelts Hester's breast with some flowers or seaweed.  In Chapter
VII
at the mansion of , she laughs at the distortion of the scarlet A in its reflection in
the
breastplate of the suit of armor. Her repeated questions about the
scarlet letter cause her
mother in Chapter XV to deny the letter's
significance.  In Chapter XIX, Pearl refuses to cross
the brook after her
mother has tossed away the letter: she shrieks in a fit of passion and will

not cross until Hester reattaches the symbol to her garment.  Truly, throughout the
narrative,
Pearl acts as the conscience of her mother: "Above all, the
warfare of Hester's spirit at
that epoch was perpetuated in
Pearl."