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Hester had an “affair” and a child with no known father while her husband was away many years. It is injustice to have her be punished after being abandoned by her husband and that is not and should not be considered a sin on her part. So, she was forced into solitude imprisonment away from society for seven years. She was never given fair opinion, but she took on the sin and became a better person and person. This started as injustice as she was convicted of

The first reason Hester Prynne should be shown as a villain is because she cheated on her husband. This might not sound so bad at first but she didn't just cheat on her husband, she basically stabbed him in the back with a 12 inch knife. Her husband (Roger Chillingworth) was a doctor in Europe that wanted a better life for him and his wife. In order to do this he decided to work hard and raise enough money to send both of them to America to start a new life. However, Roger could only raise enough money for one of them so he decided to be a gentleman and give the money to Hester and allow her to go ahead of him. But, after months of tedious work to be able to get his ticket to America, he went to the town where Hester lived and he found her being publicly shamed for adultery "I pray you, good Sir," said he, "who is this

In the 20th century totalitarian governments had come to power in Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. These governments had forced their political authority and centralized control over all aspects of life (Document 3 and 6). The government had imposed public gatherings to invade people’s lives and indoctrination of totalitarian ideas had influenced youth organizations and literature to help the government gain authority over one’s country (Document 2). One method used by totalitarian dictatorship is having mass rallies and speeches. The totalitarian government that used these method leaders was Benito Mussolini of Italy and Adolf Hitler of Germany.

She had such a kind nature and willingness to assist others that the fact that those whom she fed often returned the generosity with nothing but insults did not cause her to cease in her endeavors. Then, towards the end of the novel, after returning from Europe to the New England town in which she had sinned and repented numerous years before, Hester began to counsel other unfaithful women. For example, "Hester comforted and counseled them as best she might. She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness." This also demonstrates Hester's generosity and helpfulness. Although the New England town harbored such unpleasant memories for her, she was willing to return in order to assist others in need. She was willing to relive her own pain and absorb the pain of others in order to benefit future generations, and she was willing to give back to a society which had given nothing to her.

Hester has been the greatest sufferer due to Minister Dimmesdale always keeping his secret from the town in that it was in his best interest. He has always seemed to hide in daylight but show up when no one is around, “‘Ye have both been here before, but I was not with you. Come

She didn't ask for that to happen, and at the time that it happened, she was a newborn, only three months old, and didn't deserve for anything of that nature to happen to her. How could you punish a baby for being born? Hester didn't really deserve it either. They had no proof to charge her for something that could have resulted in her death, which is exactly what it says on page 104: "in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself". I get that she wasn't put to death due to the fact a that they proof they had was very limited, however she didn't deserved to be an outcast with no one to turn to but her newborn baby. They try to make it seem like her punishment isn't bad. I think that there was a real problem with the organized religion during this time. No one was allowed to live as they wanted to. It even got to the point to where the people were almost brainwashed to where they thought that Hester deserved to die. I don't think that was

Adolf Hitler is nearly without a doubt the best example of using power to persuade citizens. His views about so-called “racial purification” were certainly not shared by all Germans, but somehow Germany carried out over 11 million murders of those deemed racially inferior by officials. 11 million people were murdered in the holocaust, and little to no effort was made to stop it by German citizens. They decided to follow their leader, even down a less than moral path. Author Erik Larson records in his nonfiction

The situation had him physically beating his self and starving him his self. But, although he was going through a lot of self-torture, Hester was getting all the public

Despite the lonely life that she leads Hester somehow finds an inner strength to defy both the townspeople and the local government. Hester’s strength is apparent also in dealing with her husband, Chillingworth and

Totalitarianism alsogrew during the 20th century. A totalitarian government is one in which a single party rules over the entire state and has complete control. The people in a totalitarian society have no say in anything. This was the type of society that Hitler controlled. Everyone under Hitler was controlled by his rules and power. When Hitler rose into power, the Germans were still recovering from the aftermath of World War 1. Hitler promised the people radical changes and an end to all their sufferings and before long they came to love him. As a cause for all their sufferings, Hitler blamed the Jews and thus the Holocaust began. Hitler made many promises and told the people whatever he knew they wanted to hear. Before long, the people were brainwashed by him and started to submit to whatever Hitler told them to do. Germany quickly became a totalitarian state. The people were made to think

This shows that Hester’s strength and compassion as a woman and as a feminist leader of her time. With the restraints put on Hester because of the social hierarchy and the oppression that society scorned upon her, any normal woman of her time would not be able

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”.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s purpose for Hester Prynne is to show that even when the weight of sin and guilt is bearing down on your shoulders, just put it all behind you and do whatever you can to live a normal life. Hester lived the most normal life she could manage, yet she walked around the colony a living testimony. She was the contradiction in the so called “perfect” world the Puritans created. They told her that she was

One way in particular that the authority can ensure that this power over all maintained, is by creating a system of differentiation amongst different groups; giving one group more significance than the other; as a way to gain unifying support from the preferred group. This is what we see with the totalitarian regime of the Nazi party, where the Jews were made out to be the inferior group. By successfully creating an enemy out of the Jews, Germans could now unify themselves in eliminating this common enemy. This according to Hayek is a necessary for a dictator in maintaining his power over the rest, meanwhile the rest are made to believe that their common hatred for Jews was necessary for the good of the whole. According to Hayek, “That the desire to organize social life according to a unitary plan itself springs largely from a desire for power. It is even more the outcome of the fact that, to achieve their end, collectivists must create power-power over men wielded by other men-of a magnitude never before know, and that their success will depend on the extent to which they achieve such power (165). Essentially, what is seen here is this relationship between unlimited state power over the individual and of

For all of these reasons, Hester’s feminist mindset became prevalent throughout the novel. She questions the place of women and becomes heavyhearted when she realizes she does not possess the ability to make an impact. She ponders whether being alive is worth the travesty she believes is engrained