Pearl's Contribution to The Scarlet LetterIn Hawthorne's epic novel, The Scarlet Letter, he discusses Pearl, a main character, and her contribution to making the novel romantic. Hawthorne uses three types of romantic novels. Pearl related topics. The stereotypical characters, the supernatural nature of the characters and the imaginary aspect of the characters are all qualities of the romantic language that Hawthorne uses to better develop the character of Pearl. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses all aspects of romantic language to reveal Pearl's life and how she acts with these qualities. Pearl's quality of being a stereotypical character makes her blend in in some situations and not in others. Pearl was portrayed as a "stereotypical victim of Hester's sin", adultery, because as she walks around town with her mother, the other children shout and insult her. Pearl takes it without hesitation, defends her mother and fends off the evil children. The adults of Boston, most of them Puritans, talk behind Hester's back about the fact that the child is a sinner. Another common stereotype carried by Pearl is that whenever an adult is busy with something, the child finds something to do. When Hester went into the woods to meet Dimmesdale, Pearl went to play in the stream while the two adults talked, then she stopped when her mother called. A second example is that when Pearl accompanied her mother to the seaside where they met Chillingworth, Pearl went away alone and occupied her time playing with the seaweed and various animals that were around. Children may also notice small differences in their surroundings that are normally familiar to them. When Hester and Dimmesdale were in the woods and decided to flee Boston and travel to Europe, Hester happily took off her scarlet letter and threw it into the stream. When she called Pearl to tell her the news of their departure from Boston, Pearl had fits of rage and anger and would not come to see her mother. It was because she was so used to seeing the scarlet letter on her mother's breast. Pearl's stereotypical character, compared to all children and characters in general, is highly improbable and only adds to the amount of romance in the novel..