Hester Street

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a woman has an affair and gets impregnated. Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale live in a Puritan town in Boston, Massachusetts in the mid to late 1600s. Hester was put in jail for 7 years and had to wear a scarlet letter A because of her adultery. Dimmesdale was the father and kept his sin a secret, whereas Hester was not afraid to show people what she did. Hester and Dimmesdale are dynamic characters who reveal that strength comes from hardship

Every character in some way, shape or form is considered a hypocrite to some level/degree. To start from the top and work our way downward, the officials. The officials in this book have such horrid views of Hester. You'd think that they have some sense of compassion or show remorse for Hester but that was never the case. Overtime, it all dulled down – her sin wasn't a big deal as opposed to when it first occurred. Her sin wasn't forgotten but the depth in actions in which people would take to make

The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne’s Great Transformation The striking scarlet character placed on the chest of Hester Prynne was meant to convert her into an improved human being. Its purpose was to aid her in realizing her sin and to change her for the better, according to the townspeople of Massachusetts. Hester, having gone through a complete transformation, has become a better person. Contrary to the beliefs of her fellow citizens, this change was accomplished through Hester’s own realization

shame. The Puritan lifestyles of simplicity, strict punishment, and a focus on God insures and adds to their guilt and shame. The Scarlet Letter starts out with the young woman, whose name is Hester Prynne, and her infant daughter, Pearl, standing in front of the whole town bearing shame because Hester had an adulterous relationship with a man, and Pearl was the result. She lived in shame by herself for many years because she refused to tell who the

society. The heroine of the book-Hester Prynne, defies power, and rebels against colonial rule. Laws composed of religious convictions and individual beliefs. Through Hester’s action, you can depict a feminist consciousness. She differs from traditional colonial woman who 's sole purpose it to be obedient, despite the unfair rules carried out by puritan men. Hester represents a new female image centering on her own religious spirit, self reliance, and strong mind. Hester represents the pure meaning of

present-day Boston. Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Pearl are the main characters. They all have major roles and without them, the novel would not be the same. Hester Prynne; married to Roger Chillingworth, had a baby named Pearl out of wedlock with a man named Dimmesdale. Because Hester was married, herself and Dimmesdale have now committed adultery and that is the main cause of a lot of the major events that take place in the novel. As

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

somewhere, may be happy” (Mencken). This famous quote by H.L. Mencken portrays an unfavorable view of Puritanism that is reflected in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is the historical tale of a young Puritan woman, the protagonist Hester Prynne, whose sin of adultery has a significant effect on the lives of three different people: her daughter Pearl Prynne, her husband Roger Chillingworth, and her lover and town clergyman Arthur Dimmesdale. Her sin exposes the cruel reality of Puritans

condemnation alienate her. No where is this alienation more apparent than in Chapter 5, "Hester at her Needle". Condemned by her sin of passion, Hester is  separated from her community, not only physically, as she lives on the edge of the town, but also socially. In this chapter, Hawthorne presents the most profoundly destructive aspect of her estrangement in her psychological condition.  Hester, deemed a social pariah, is left alone in the world, with only her thoughts to keep

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