Initially, it is the symbol of the alliance shared by Dimmesdale and Hester. “Pearl was the unity of their [Hester and Dimmesdales] being. Whatever evil was abandoned, how could they doubt that their earthly life and their future destiny are joined? Pearl defines the unity that Hester and Dimmesdale share. Their passion led them to create Pearl and although she is a constant symbol of the sin in which they have acted, she is genetically made up of two closely related parents, as is their destiny, proving that although Dimmesdale may not want to be not admit it, Hester and himself. are bound in unity because of Pearl. Pearl also acts as a union between human and nature. Hester's house in the forest symbolizes her retreat from man to nature; it is there that Pearl learns her connection to nature and the unity it represents. In the scenes where Pearl is enveloped in the forest, she seems persuaded by nature to become one with him. When Pearl stands on one side of the stream and Hester and Dimmesdale wave to her from the other side, Pearl is overcome by the light that the forest offers and feels for a moment at home in nature. Pearl manifests the