Hester In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In the book, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester is very strong-willed and loyal. For example, when Dimmesdale tells Hester to identify the father and she replies, “I will not speak!” (51). When Hester is in front of many people; she stays strong and does not give Dimmesdale up. This is important because by not revealing the identity of the father, Hester stays loyal to Dimmesdale. Another example is when the governor tries to take Pearl away from Hester and she says, “Ye shall not take her! I will die first!” (85). Hester continues to be tough and not give up Pearl but also does not give the name of Pearl’s father. Hester continues to argue why she should keep Pearl and is willing to die before she would let someone else raise

Hester feels alone considering that she is seen as a sin figure and pushed away from society throughout the story. This causes her to see the world in a dark way, which can be identified

The letter A is the first letter and first vowel in the English alphabet. It originated from the ancestor of aleph, which is the first letter of the Phoenician. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the letter “A” to symbolize its potential for different meanings to the people of Hester’s time. Hawthorne’s symbolic “A” has three meanings: it symbolizes Hester’s shameful status as an adulterer, reminds Dimmesdale of his own adultery, guilt, and shame, and shows that Hester has abilities in the view of her townspeople. In each example the “A” connects to the idea of being forgiven for the sin that was committed: Hester is forgiven when she wears the letter “A”, Dimmesdale is seeking forgiveness for the sin he did not confess to, and

The townspeople are stern and unforgiving to anyone who breaks their strict rules; furthermore, Hester Prynne committed an outrageous ignominious sin for which they shun her from their society. In fact, “ [...] with all the townspeople assembled and leveling their stern regards at Hester [...] who stood on the scaffold.” In the event of Hester, the town felt betrayed by their Reverend, Dimmesdale, since he took on the sin of Hester, which many many individuals had mixed feelings about. The townspeople loathed the fact that Hester had committed adultery since now they would be impure in the eyes of God. In the event of Hester, the town feels betrayed by Dimmesdale, since he embraced the sin of Hester, which many many individuals in town had

Hester was also a symbol of peace. Towards the end of the book, she ends up turning into an adviser to some of the townspeople. Her kindness towards the town made most of them look at her from a different perspective. She would bring the homeless clothes that she made for them and they would criticize her afterwards. Children would call her names their parents would call her and women would give her the silent treatment or yell at her (Hathorne). That all changed towards the end. Instead of thinking of her letter as “adultery” it was now known as “able”.

In a time where women are confined, Hester Prynne stands up for her right to be the strong human being she is. She follows her heart and deals with the consequences with her daughter Pearl by her side. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous melodramatic novel, The Scarlet Letter, depicts Hester’s strength in exposing and accepting her sin. Hawthorne makes use of symbolism, allegory, and irony to bring a tone of gender injustice to the novel.

An excerpt from John 8:32 says, “...the truth will set you free.” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s historical novel, The Scarlet Letter, A young woman, named Hester Prynne, was impregnated by a man who wasn’t her husband. When the baby was born, Hester would not tell anyone who the father of the child was, however, she wasn’t ashamed of her choices or her baby, Pearl. Reverend Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. He suffered daily by not facing his sin, as well as not being able to tell anyone that he was the father. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne portrays Hester as the perfect symbol of self-acceptance, and Dimmesdale as a symbol of insecurity.

This is the chapter’s name because it’s just Hester and Pearl talking and walking. In the first part we see Hester’s loathing towards Roger. Later we are shown how unique a remarkable Pearl is with her understanding of the situation. Hester debates whether to tell Pearl the true meaning of her scarlet letter.

Hester and Pearl are outcasts in their society and are pushed out far away from people, but they are also push out by nature and all of its laws as well. Hester and Pearl get caught in the middle of the two, not on one side or the other making a problem on both sides because they are accepted by neither or the two. The Puritan law they are breaking by by sinning and being away from God in the form of sinning, while they are breaking the laws of Nature at the same time because the Nature has no rules and Hester and Pearl are still trying to follow society, but are just being pushed out. They want to leave society completely, but Dimmesdale is holding them back to society and to the church. “On the outskirts of the town, within the verge of the

I wonder why Hester refuses to stop wearing the scarlet letter. I guess for Hester to remove the scarlet Hester would be for he to acknowledge it as in determining who she really is. Hester has grown with this embroidered A on her bosom, so for her to take it off would be crazy especially after seven years. I think Hester wants to be the one to control its meaning not society. The scarlet letter is a part of her past sin. She can’t pretend that never happened because it did, she would be denying a part of herself if she did. She is now a role model in her community, they now view Hester as a sorrowful one and as others. Hester understood the letter to be a symbol of her, she took it on as a carrier for identity. I think Hester’s is connected

In his essay “On the Scarlet Letter,” D.H. Lawrence criticizes society’s perception of Hester Prynne. Hester is the protagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, and Lawrence regards her relationship with Arthur Dimmesdale as morally inacceptable. Lawrence also condemns those who try to condone her sinful behavior. In order to create an effective criticism of Hester Prynne’s portrayal, D. H. Lawrence uses powerful syntax, an ironic and critical tone, and insightful allusions.

In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an adulteress named Hester Prynne is depicted as the protagonist. She is the woman that the story focuses its attention and events on. She is characterized as the protagonist through her appearance, how the story mentions her through her struggles and her inner strength, how the society makes Hester the center of everything that happens, and

In his essay On The Scarlet Letter, D.H. Lawrence contradicts Hawthorne’s portrayal of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne respects Hester and portrays her as a victim, whereas Lawrence argues that she is one of the main sinners in the novel. D.H. Lawrence establishes and supports his claim that Hester Prynne is unworthy of Hawthorne’s praise by effectively utilizing concise syntax, frequent repetition, and strong biblical allusions.

“The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy” Psalm 145:20. As this verse so obviously says, the wicked will die, which does not sit well with the readers of the Scarlet letter who have become infatuated with the story of; Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. While these characters may have a few redeeming qualities, one thing they all have in common is the three main characters are sinners. But among the three, one sticks out; Hester Prynn is undoubtedly the worst sinner, because of her original sin and the parallels between Hester and Dimmesdale and Eve and Adam.

Hester Prynne is the main character in The Scarlet Letter because she has the most