"There were a few rose-bushes [...] by the Reverend Mr. Blackstone..."
Again Hawthorne takes the rose bush. Again it is combined with the color black, just as in the first chapter [The red rosebush and the black prison]
Does it mean something that the rose bush appears immediately after the scarlet letter?
"Pearl, seeing the rose-bushes, began to cry for a red rose..."
Could it be that she reacts on nearly EVERYTHING that is red?
She used to react to the scarlet letter on Hester's bosom, when she was on her arm and now she reacts on this roses.
Why is she doing that?
And could it be that she is crying for freedom in here? As the rosebushes stand for freedom or at least the opposite of this society it could be that Pearl does not get along with it...
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