Question regarding a theme in Hawthorne's portrayal of Pearl

[MFrank1994]

For a short essay I need to write, I need to find a theme that a reader might infer from Hawthorne's portrayal of Pearl as an atypical child. What can you all make of this?

[Cunninglinguist]

The nature of public shame.

[Jassy Melson]

I feel that Hawthorn wanted to make or portray Pearl as a demon child, as the product or spawn of evil or divinity.

[kev67]

According to the essay by D. H. Lawrence in the back of my copy, Pearl is the scarlet letter incarnate. She's bright, she's colourful, she's naughty, she's defiant. She's a constant reminder of her mother's adultery. She does not seem to be at all sorry or repentant.

[Danik 2016]

But she is also a pearl, a precious jewel. And why should she be repentant ? For existing?
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[kev67]

But she is also a pearl, a precious jewel. And why should she be repentant ? For existing?
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Hester should be repenting, according to her community.