Who Is Hester's Loyalty In The Scarlet Letter

Have you ever judged someone by first sight? Nathaniel Hawthorne in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, claims that the perspective on an intimate, yet prominent object can be altered through a novel. Hawthorne supports his claim by telling the audience about how Hester, the villagers, Pearl and even Hawthorne’s diverse perspective on Hester’s scarlet letter evolves throughout the novel. The author writes in a solemn tone for the audience to take the story soberly.

The Scarlet letter shows hester as a humble person. She had to suffer a lot in the beginning. I tried to convey this with her distaste of the town shaming her. I also made sure to highlight her persistence to protect herself and her child. That’s the one thing Hester always did, protect Pearl. I decided

I believe that Hester was forgiven, do you? Here are some reasons why I think that Hester is forgiven. Hester was the one telling people to not forgive her she even said “thou shalt forgive me.” The minister was saying “ I do forgive you, Hester.” It wasn't just the minister that was saying she was forgiven there were others involved in that too. This is what the minister was saying to Hester when she was telling the whole town that she shouldn't be forgiven.

First of all, the scarlet letter stands for Hester's sin. By forcing Hester to wear the letter A on her bosom, the Puritan community not only punishes this weak young woman for her adultery but labels her identity as an adulteress and immoral human being as well. "Thus the young and the pure would be taught to look at her, with the letter flaming on her chest", also "as the figure, the body and the reality of sin." And the day Hester began to wear the scarlet A on her bosom is the opening of her darkness. From that moment, people, who look at her, must notice the letter A manifest itself in the red color covering not only her bosom, but her own character. The Puritans now only see the letter A, the representation of sin, scorn and hate

Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the truth about Hester’s situation. This is the fact that she is not alone; others have sinned, just not been caught. Despite Hester’s feeling of utter isolation, her predicament gives her a second sense of the many sins under the surface. This could be compared to present day in the way that the people imprisoned are not the only sinners. It does not make everyone innocent because they do not have a scarlet letter or reside in a

Hester committed a sin that changed her life forever, this sin would make her grow stronger and gain peace through her suffering. She became a single mother to a baby girl that wasn’t her husbands. The father of the child never came forward until the end of his life when dies consumed by his own hatred and regret, he spoke to Hester knew the baby was his, and watch Hester be tormented by the town. Hester was able to be a strong independent woman who did not seem to care what society labeled her as. Hester refuses to tell the town the father of her baby's name, at the end they all stand together in front of everyone.

So, the scarlet letter is Hester's punishment. She showed the act of adultery, she accepted her consequence. After all of this madness is over with she should have something to look back on to show how she made it through. In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne it says, "A lovely and immortal flower, out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion."( chapter 6, page 73). Hester may not know what to do now, but if she doesn't keep Pearl she might feel alone or as if everyone is teaming

We have all done bad, some worse than others. Hester Prynne is the main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, is seen as a strong woman who is breaking away from the Puritan society because of her committing adultery. Seymour Gross’ article, Solitude, and Love, and Anguish: The Tragic Design of The Scarlet Letter, analyzes Hester's life after committing her crime. Hester's life in the New World is much different than what it was before coming to Salem. In Salem, she is looked down on and seen as a disgrace to the town, especially the church. She is forced to move to the woods in a little cottage with her daughter, Pearl, to be isolated from the community. Hester being the strong woman she is, she makes the best of it for Pearl and herself. Gross’ essay demonstrates how Hester feels that her sin is not against God, her previous marriage is

There were changes in both Hester and the minister after the meeting in the forest. Hester had gained a small smile on her face, a small change from her former self who had into the forest earlier that same day, but something that would have been noticeable to a close companion. The minister did not seem completely healed from his ailments, but had on him, an air of a rejuvenated man. Townspeople who saw him as he walked back to his abode noted, “The minister looks almost as if he is a new man. Has God cured our hallowed minister?” but it was not God who had treated the minister, it had been the disdained woman of the scarlet letter.

During the Puritan era, sin was the epitome of evil. Sinners were immoral and criminal creatures who were resented by the other Puritans and were forced to live a life of shame and guilt. Hester Prynne, the main character in The Scarlet Letter, is a sinner in Puritan-era Boston. She is unfaithful to her husband and has a child out of wedlock with another man- a sin worthy of death. Hawthorne depicts Hester as a morally ambiguous character by contrasting her sin and her character through the different meanings of the letter A.

The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester Prim that has an adulterous affair and has a baby so the colony makes her wear a scarlet letter A on her clothing. Hester keeps the baby daddy a secret. They made Hester stand on a pillory platform which is a device used for locking people up in public.

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character, Hester struggled with finding who she truly was. The theme throughout this novel was being able to find one’s identity. This theme is shown through Hester’s characterization,how Pearl acts around Hester , and the setting. The words that Hawthorne described Hester varied based on where she was in the novel.

The Scarlet Letter, writing by Nathaniel Hawthorne, begins by mentioning the conviction of Hester Prynne. She was standing proud after coming out from jail from something they had charged towards her. Hester had killed her husband but didn’t have anybody else to help her with the job. Dimmesdale was sent her way so he could try and convince her to do better and to tell on the other person that had “helped” her. The judge that was in charge of her conviction once had given her the scarlet letter so she could wear it for the rest of her life until proven innocent of the murder of her husband which wasn’t going to happen because she was the one that killed him. Hester was introduced into the New World but was sent by her husband ahead of him for

She was never afraid to sacrifice herself to protect her loves, especially Pearl and Dimmesdale. When Hester was in jail, was hoped that Chillingworth would not harm Pearl. Also, she never ended up revealing her lover’s name to Chillingworth. Even though Chillingworth threatened her with potion and spells, Hester remained strong by not revealing a name. Dimmesdale admired Hester for doing this for him. He usually felt like the scarlet letter was burning him when the “father” of Pearl was mentioned because he was the unknown father. Hester was an incredibly strong woman that was loyal to her loved ones. She knew that by admitting her lover’s name, she would ruin his reputation and basically his life. “‘I will not speak!” answered Hester turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognized” (64). Hester showed that true feminism is not looking down on men, but standing up for her beliefs.

Except for the adultery incident, Hester is very loyal. Although she was not asked to, she keeps the fact that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl a secret to save him from punishment, and he seems to appreciate it: “ ‘She will not speak!’ murmured Mr. Dimmesdale, who, leaning over the balcony, with his hand upon his heart, had awaited the result of his appeal. He now drew back, with a long respiration. ‘Wondrous strength and generosity of a woman’s