In Chapter 15, Hester knows she has committed another sin and that is to hate her husband. She knows it is not right but how can she not after all the things that Chillingworth has done. Pearl decides to also put a letter "A" on her chest and hopes that her mother will ask her about it. Hester is amazed at all the questions that Pearl asks, she knows that she cannot answer all of them because she is too young to understand and it is not the right time to tell her.
Passage
"My little Pearl!" said Hester, after a
moment's silence, "the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport.
But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed
to wear."
This quote is significant because Hester tells Pearl that there is no point of Pearl wearing the green letter because it does not have the same significance as the one she has to wear. Pearl does not know the real meaning of it and uses it as if she could play with.
Passage
"My little Pearl!" said Hester, after a
moment's silence, "the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport.
But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed
to wear."
This quote is significant because Hester tells Pearl that there is no point of Pearl wearing the green letter because it does not have the same significance as the one she has to wear. Pearl does not know the real meaning of it and uses it as if she could play with.
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