Character Analysis Of Hester Prynne

     Hester Prynne, through the eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner. She has gone against the Puritan ways by committing Adultery. The Puritans believed that Hester was a lost soul that could only be saved by sincere and thorough repentance. For this

Hester Prynne was seen as a risk taker. The 17th century is the time periods in which it took place. During this time period the things Hester did were not allowed to be done. Her actions are characterized as "but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony" (Hawthorne 44). What she wanted for herself was always put before what she actually needed. Because of her behavior there were consequences to go along with them. Hester slowly becomes an outcast to the society, as well as Pearl when she is born. People in the community often said a few thing about her and talked behind her back."People say," said another "that the reverend Master Dimmesdale, her godly pastor, takes it very grievous to the heart that such a scandal has come upon his congregation" (Hawthorne 107). This quote shows how the others around her are effected by her

Hawthorne's passionate and tenacious protagonist character Hester Prynne gives the community a choice to be kind, however they do not accept it. Hester's exile suggests that whatever strenuous event may overcome you, use it to better yourself as a person.

Nathaniel Hawthorne generates a female principle figure who acquires determination, bravery, and courage throughout The Scarlet Letter. Although some critics of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic piece consider the protagonist to be a heroine, others differ in their opinions. Nonetheless, Nathaniel Hawthorne clearly produced a dauntless, female icon through his character, Hester Prynne. Due to her choice to take full responsibility for the sin of adultery, as well as her decision to live a self-reliant lifestyle with her newborn, Pearl, Hester Prynne, in fact, possesses heroic traits.

Hester Prynne’s lawlessness highlights her obvious place as a contrast to typical Puritan society. On the opposing stance, literary critic

Hester Prynne is hated by the Puritan society after the word of her crime of adultery spread throughout the town. Many of the women who would see her standing on a pedestal wearing the letter “A”

One mistake defined how people looked at Hester Prynne for the rest of her life. She was forever marked with the scarlet letter. Adultery was her sin, an "A" was her letter. In the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn, Hester Prynne was publicly shamed for adultery to her husband who was sought to be dead. Her lover remained a mystery to the public. Hester did not go a day without the reminder of her sin because her daughter, Pearl, was the living embodiment of the scarlet letter, the meaning of the "A" changed three times throughout the novel, and it followed her beyond the day she pasted away.

Hester Prynne and Johnny Depp are similar in many ways, but also very different. Hester Prynne is the main character in the novel titled The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. She committed adultery, a sin of the Puritan era, with Arthur Dimondale. Johnny Depp is like Hester, not in the sin committed, but that they were both ridiculed and publicly embarrassed for what they had done. While Hester had committed adultery, Depp had been accused of domestically abusing his wife of little over a year, Amber Heard. Both Hester Prynne and Johnny Depp were caught because of something that linked them to their accused crime. Hester got Pearl, which revealed her sin to the town, and Heard had a bruise on her cheek, which corresponded with

Hester Prynne is an adulterer and mother to her daughter Pearl. Pearl is the daughter of Hester and Rev Mr. Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is a reverend and from England. Roger Chillingworth is a doctor and husband of Hester also he wants to find out who Pearl’s father is.

Near the beginning, the reader learns about Hester Prynne, a young woman shunned by her puritan community due to committing adultery. “Come along, Madam Hester, and show your scarlet letter in the

Hester is a single mother who loves a man other than her husband. In this era women were supposed to stay home, cook, clean and raise their kids to have good puritan morals. Most women did not have jobs and were expected to obey what their husbands wished them to do. She realizes that she does not need to remain dependent and obedient on her husband because he has been gone for years and she doesn't love him. Hester showed the ability to overcome pain and her ability to be a strong loving woman

Hester Prynne was isolated by her Puritan community after committing adultery, seen as a sin by many. Towards the beginning of the book, Hester was enclosed in this near “perfect” Puritan society. Blinded by the “utopia” and security of the Puritan society, Hester was ultimately unprepared for the uprising she caused upon after the revelation of her crime. Alone and far away in her cabin, Hester’s vivid vision of her Puritan community began to shatter. Hester was able to see the world for what it truly was, sinful, rather than the pure state that was projected by Puritan influence. Though the world around her was bleak, she was accepted by the surrounding nature. Away from the cursed town, Hester could think and act freely and disperse of her wrongdoings. ““She had wandered without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast and as intricate as the untamed Forrest…Her intellect and heart had their home as it were in desert places where it roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods (1440).” The surrounding environment allowed comfort for Hester and her daughter, Pearl, as the two were given the cold-shoulder of the Puritan society. ““She undid her clasp that fastened the scarlet letter and taking it from her bosom through it among the withered leaves (1441).” Though rejected by society, Hester was granted freedom through the flora and fauna of the

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter that represents the letter A is what Hester wear.She lives in a native village, in Old England (11).She had an infant on her arm, and the letter A on her bosom (12).The baby were started to crying of pain, and she was hurting on (13). Although Hawthorne represents Hester as a heroine, he uses symbolism to project her as a victim because she is in prisoned, a single mother and wears the letter A.

Hester Prynne is a narrow-minded mother whose selfish actions greatly affect her daughter, Pearl. After being caught having an affair, Hester has a choice. She has a choice to flee Boston and start a new and better life with her daughter or she can stay and face emotional abuse and be out casted by society. Hester chooses to face cruelty from the town and put her daughter through intense judgement as well because it “… had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene of her earthly punishment” and she believes “… the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul…”(Hawthorne 76). The fact that Hester decides to stay in Boston because she feels the need to repay her sin in this town is undeniably selfish. She never considers how

D.H. Lawrence attacks Hester Prynne in his work, “On The Scarlet Letter.” After analyzing her character and story, he comes to see her as a shameful sinner. He looks past any sympathy built up by Nathaniel Hawthorne and instead ridicules the man for seducing readers into showing pity for the adulteress.Lawrence is effective in unveiling Hester’s true and evil character through the usage of disparaging diction, a sarcastically insulting tone, and biblical allusions.