Prynne

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book titled The Scarlet Letter contained a very special character, Hester Prynne, who overcame one of the greatest of challenges of 17th century Puritan society in Boston, Massachusetts. At a very young age she had been caught committing adultery, a crime which was very severe at the time. The Puritans were most certainly not a very lenient group of people. Consequently, she was forced to bear the emblem of her sin, a scarlet letter “A” on her chest, in order to shame her and

Hawthorne, Hester Prynne receives many criticisms for being portrayed as a pure character. Among those criticisms, literary critic D. H. Lawrence provides a powerful and reasonable explanation to why Hester Prynne does not deserve such admiration. Additionally, Lawrence facilitates his viewpoints by arguing that Hester Prynne is the cause for the sin of adultery. D. H. Lawrence applies precise diction, biblical allusion, and dramatic verbal irony in his essay to emphasize Hester Prynne as the character

In D.H. Lawrence’s essay “On The Scarlet Letter,” Lawrence criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrayal of Hester Prynne. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Prynne is pictured as a victim and is therefore pitied by the reader. Lawrence writes in hopes to convince the reader of Prynne’s false portrayal, and for her to finally be held accountable for the consequences of her actions. Lawrence’s use of satirical tone, mocking allusions, and choppy syntax are employed to provide evidence of Prynne’s lack of

In Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” Hester Prynne can be seen as the only real character as she is the only character that does not conform to the ways of the puritan society. Her actions and choices throughout the novel are true to her beliefs and not to those enforced by the puritan society, choices such as committing adultery and not revealing who the father of her child is, lead her down a road of ignominy, isolation and hardship, yet these choices do not leave her bitter and unforgiving but

What is most remarkable about Hester Prynne is her strength of character. While the author does not give a great deal of information about her life before the book opens, the reader sees her great attitude towards life. Because of her great sin, she was shunned in the Puritan society. Hester’s honesty and her compassion were her two most noticeable traits. Hester was physically described as a tall young woman with a "figure of perfect elegance on a large scale." Her most impressive feature

Hester Prynne drastically changes throughout chapters 10-18, not only does her appearance becomes dreary but her passion subdues as well, this also affect the story of how she hurt herself or other characters. During chapter 13 you can see a huge shift in Hester's character, she is explained to never “again the pillow of Affection” (Hawthorne 148) and that “marble coldness of Hester’s impression was to be attributed to the circumstances” (Hawkthorne 148) the reason Prynne undergoes such changes is

Treatise of Government”, “ A similar natural inducement has led men to realize that they have as much duty to love others as to love themselves” (Locke 3). He wanted other to realize that to receive affection they must first give it to others. Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” at the end of the novel started to receive the affection of the townspeople. They began to come to Hester for guidance with their problems and sorrows. Instead of seeing her as nothing but sin they started to admire her strength

Boston, a city influenced by Puritan faith, has a small town on the outskirts of the city; in this city, a young woman named Hester Prynne resides here. Hester moved to Boston when her husband, known as Roger Chillingworth, was lost at sea. Hester gained a sexual relationship with a man named Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester has been released from the jail on the charge of adultery and punished by the town. Hester has the option to move to another town, but she chooses “not run away from her story, but

In the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne the reader gets the sense that Hester Prynne is a complex character during her introduction. Although she is known for being corrupted, she still appears to be somewhat innocent, shown when the narrator describes, “She turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter and even touched it with her finger to assure herself that the infant and the shame were real” (41). The reader gains respect for Hester due to her brave composed appearance which “never had

Hester Prynne: The “Worst” Puritan of Them All How different would our lives be if we had to wear a scarlet letter upon ourselves to set us apart from everyone else according to our particular sins? Hester Prynne, the static main protagonist in The Scarlet Letter and an outcast in the most literal sense, lives an extremely independent life, an unwanted pariah of society. The very man who helps put her in the position she has been placed in could not even be there for her; the only possession she