Carrie Shuey. Mrs. Voshell. Honors English 10. 6 January

     After her horrible ordeal, and her release from prison, Hester and Pearl reside for the next few years in a hut by the sea. Hester tries to keep her distance from the Puritans. She does not want them to influence Pearl. Hester wants to raise Pearl, and find peace within herself. Pearl, however,

In the beginning Hester doesn’t want to educate her child like the other puritan parents that were strict, she was strict but soft at the same time; consequently, she gave her child more freedom and independence. This made Pearl rebel (quote and relevance). This made Hester regret thinking that Pearl is a miracle but she really is a punishment. This makes Hester more irritable and hopeless and also a little more strict than she was before (quote) But not only Pearl affects Hester; Dimmesdale, or the father of Pearl, also has impacts

Hester argued that pearl should remain in her care, for god was teaching her to be righteous through her daughter. The men refused to listen to hester’s argument because not only is she a woman, and women were inferior to men in that time, but also because she is a sinner. Hester begged Mr. dimmesdale to vouch for her and only then did the men listen; this goes to show you that in this society women’s words were ignored and seen as worthless.

The scarlet letter symbolizes a part of Hester’s past that she can never forget but also represents a sense of strength that she overcame all the hardship that was a result of her sin, though she still feels the pain of the letter when encountering Mr. Dimmesdale. In chapter sixteen, Hester plans to meet with the minister in order to discuss their plans about what to do with Roger Chillingworth, but also just to talk to somebody who understands her situation. Eventually, Pearl brings up the Black Man again when she describes how “he haunts this forest, and carries a book with him [...] and how this ugly Black Man offers this book [...] to everybody that meets him here [...] and they are to write their names with their own blood [...] then

- Hester is desperate for Pearl. If Pearl is taken away from her she will “die” for she has no will to live. The sin will soon become too heavy without Pearl. As every mother is protective, Hester as a mother too is protective. This is one of nature laws.

Hester and Pearl are in the governor's house. Pearl is on the ground playing while Hester talks to the governor. Roger Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and John Wilson then enters the room. They realize who the little girl in the floor is. They are talking bad about her, but then they see Hester is there. They then begin questioning the governors take on why Pearl is still with her. Hester speaks up and simply just says that she loves Pearl. She tells them she has learned something from the letter around her neck; she wants to help Pearl grow from it.

Hester keeps this in mind all the time and when you, Governor Bellingham, try to take Pearl away from her, as a protective mother she reacted in an impressive way. “God gave her into my keeping! I will not give her up!” (Hawthorne… pg. 169). Hester is fully aware on her decisions as a mother, she will take bad decisions because of course she is a human like anyone else, but when she takes the right decisions, everyone can see clearly that she does care, and that she will do anything that is in her power, to make things right and to have the things she love not taken away from

The Scarlet Letter is an example of a story that has two conflicting ideas that coincide together. Redemption and regret do not always work together, but in the life of Pearl, they are two characteristics that cannot work without the other. It is important to realize that without the life of Pearl, Hester’s own life would not have been impacted in the way that it was, or even impacted at all. What others may see as a problem, can really be a blessing in

There are five major scenes in the Scarlet Letter. At the beginning of the book, Hester walks out of the prison and stands on the scaffold to receive her punishment. Later in the book, Hester goes to the governor’s house to argue against them taking Pearl away. Then, Dimmesdale and Hester find each other at the scaffold once again. They also meet in the forest.

The layout of The Scarlet Letter, By Nathaniel Hawthorne, is portrayed through three major scenes that happen on the scaffold in the town square. The events that occur on the scaffold will determine the path that each of the main characters, Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Pearl will take throughout the novel. Each scene marks a different change in the individual’s transformation. The events on the scaffold show the change over time in the person’s mindset and their relationship to the story.

He adds agony, torment, crucial solitude, and secluded affection into Hester’s life. This is looked upon as an attack, and the “crisis” (Harris, Rooks, and Stegall) in her life. One day walking out of prison, with a daughter and having to deal with the humiliation of having sex outside of marriage. She was scorned and mocked by many townspeople. This is why Hawthorne sends Dimmesdale, a protector, to watch over Hester and Pearl to keep them from harm, especially from the townspeople.

The members of the community see Pearl as a strange, awkward little girl, born out of a despicable sin. However, characters with a closer and deeper relationship with Pearl, feel differently. “She is a strange child! I hardly comprehend her! But thou wilt love her dearly, as I do…” (Hawthorne 186). This exclamation shows that despite Pearl’s weirdness and strangeness, Hester sees them as the things that make Pearl so loving. The relationship between the two in important because bother are outcast for their abnormalities and for the sin that Hester wears. Hester, again, describes her relationship with Pearl when she is trying to convince Governor Bellingham to remain Pearl’s mother.

2. The title of the book is ‘The Scarlet Letter’. The Scarlet letter refers to the letter, that the main character Hester Prynne, has to bear on her chest for the rest of her life. Hester got the red letter, because she didn’t want to give the name of the father of Pearl, that man is also the man who she had adultery with. In the Puritan community, adultery is a great sin, and therefore she has to wear that letter as a mark of shame.

In the book,The Scarlet Letter, there are many questions that grab the reader’s attention. One of the most intriguing and thought­provoking question is, “Is Hester Prynne a good mother and should she be allowed to keep Pearl?” This question does not have a simple yes or no answer, the reader must take into account many things the author mentions in the book. However, after careful consideration, one might find that Hester is not, in fact, a good mother, but should be allowed to keep Pearl. There is an abundance of information found within the text to support the answer to this question. The biggest reason that supports this is that while Hester is not very maternal or loving, she still cares for Pearl and understands what Pearl has to go through. In comparison, Pearl is an allegory for the Scarlet Letter on Hester’s bosom, and is basically bound to Hester until the truth is revealed. Pearl is also a “child of sin” and would most likely be rejected by most families in the Puritan community. While Hester is standing out on the platform being shamed, the infant in her arms begins to wail and Hester “mechanically” begins to comfort the child. While Hester may not necessarily be loving towards the baby, she still makes an effort which shows that she cares somewhat and demonstrates a basic maternal instinct.Then, when she takes Pearl back into the jail with her, she forgets about the baby altogether when Roger Chillingworth enters, showing she may be unfit to

Hester Prynne was a woman who sinned against the Puritan way, yet got through it and was able to live a life in which her daughter learned how to be civilized and respectable. “The stigma was gone, Hester heaved a long deep sigh in which the burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit” (Hawthorne 182). Hester was going through the sin that took over her life and as a result, she finally decided to tell her village that Dimmesdale was Pearl’s father. As she took the “A” off her bosom, the sin was freed. She finally felt free from what defined her life. Raising Pearl made Hester feel as she had a purpose and was doing a good act in life. On