The Importance of Being a Woman

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In a way, the existence of Pearl is its own scarlet. She was born under these sinful circumstances. Nobody is sure that she loves anyone. And it's all the stuff where everybody seems really worried about it, but also she's three. Like maybe you don't need to be that worried about it.

The Scarlet Letter is often included as part of a high school reading curriculum because it's good at teaching people about symbolism, and it's good at teaching people about symbolism because it uses a half-dozen symbols roughly 700 times apiece.

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