How Does Hester Prynne Change Throughout The Scarlet Letter
• Hester Prynne is the novel’s individual who is the wearer of the scarlet letter. While in her youth, she resided in Amsterdam with her older husband Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth sent the young and beautiful Hester to America before him, so he could finish his business. While Hester waited for her husband, she had a love affair with the Reverend Dimmesdale and conceived a child. Later, she gives birth to a girl, Pearl, and must endure the shame and scorn of the town. Punishment for her crime of adultery was the display of her scarlet A upon her bosom. Hester shows her courage and strength throughout the predicament.
• Roger Chillingworth is the name for Hester’s husband in disguise. He was much older than she is and had sent her …show more content…
to America while he finished his affairs in Europe. Unfortunately, he was captured by Native Americans, and didn’t arrive in Boston until two years later. When he got there, Hester and her child was already standing on the scaffold. He was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale, and pretended to be his good friend to try to think of ways to torture his wife’s lover. He stayed in Boston, despite his wife’s betrayal and expresses his true malevolent intentions.
• Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was an adored, young Puritan reverend of the community. Although he demonstrates having high esteem and moral compass, he committed the sin of adultery and became intimate with Hester. He was the father of Hester’s child, Pearl. However, he never confessed to his offences, he always held on to the shame and guilt. Guilt wearied down his emotional and physical health, thus leading to his death of a heart condition. Dimmesdale was a very emotional person had held on to constant conflict within himself until his last moment of life, when he publicly claimed to every one of his sins and daughter.
• Pearl was a very significant character, although she was only the love child of Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl was the constant reminder to Hester of her past immorality and sins. She was the illegitimate child of an infamous love affair. Even though her presence was often misjudged, Hester gave Pearl her forename to resemble her attributes. Hester perceived her as precious and valuable like a pearl. Pearl was a mischievous, imaginative young girl, as well as a moody and bratty child making rumors throughout the town. Pearl possessed an incredible ability of perception, in fact, she discerned the truth of her mystery father identity and the act of adultery. Although she seemed innocence, she was wise beyond her years.
• Governor Bellingham was a wealthy gentleman, who was the political authority in Boston spending his time consulting with the town fathers. Although he settled in an American society, he shared similar attributes of a traditional English aristocrat. Bellingham was a very hard and strict man. Always holding himself to a higher status, but he never noticed the troubles within his own house.
• Mistress Hibbins was the widowed sister of Governor Bellingham. She resided along with her mighty brother in a luxurious mansion. Frequently, she contained a bitter temper and dark secret. Many people were oblivious to her secret hobby, in fact the Mistress worshiped the “Black Man”, the devil, as a witch. As well, she was part of higher society and appeared at many public occasions, thus expressing to the readers the hidden evil in the Puritan society.
• Narrator is unknown, but does work as an inspector of the Salem Custom-House two hundred years after the event. In the house’s attic, he discovers a manuscript telling the story of Hester Prynne. Unluckily, he loses his job, but decides to write the fictional adaptation of the narrative. The readers understand his guilt for writing career because of his Puritan background, but he believes America needs to better understand its moral heritage. So, he writes the story.
Summary: “The Scarlet Letter” opens with a young woman and her child in seventeenth century Boston being escorted from her prison cell. During this era, Boston was a Puritan settlement. The young woman is the lead character Hester Prynne and the child she holds is from an illegitimate encounter. Hester possess a scarlet “A” upon her bosom to demonstrate her sin and punishment from the town. Someone from the crowd explains the letter represents adultery. To explain, Hester married an older man and lived in Europe. They both decided to start a new live in the new world, but Hester’s husband sent her to America, while he finished some business in Amsterdam. During the time, Hester waits for him. She grows affection, and has an affair and a child with her lover. She won’t tell anyone who her lover is, and is given her punishment to wear the scarlet letter along with public humiliation for her sin and secret. Later, being present before the town fathers on the scaffold, she still bites her tongue and will not release the identity of her lover. Some time passed, Hester and Pearl, her child, continue to live an adequate live in Boston. Her missing husband, finally arrives in town and learns of his wife’s crimes. Mortifie and enraged he decided to take revenge on her lover and hide his true identity. He goes by the name Roger Chillingworth and becomes a doctor. Only Hester knows the truth, but promises to keep it a secret. Still rejected by the community Hester lives alone with Pearl in a quaint house in the suburbs. Hester does find work as a stress to help support her and her daughter. Except, Pearl is starting to act like a bratty and ill-behaved child by spending awful rumors about her and her mother. Governor Bellingham and other officials wanted to have Pearl taken away from Hester, but Arthur Dimmesdale, the young minister, helps to keep them together. Reverend Dimmesdale is one of the town’s ministers, and unfortunately is dying from a heart condition caused by mental pains. Because of his fragile state, Doctor Chillingworth moves in to help him with his problems. Chillingworth suspects the root of his problem is his secret and decides to test him and try to reveal it. One day, Chillingworth sees a mark on the minister’s chest, while he was sleeping. This mark makes him think that his doubts were right. People believed the Mistress Hibbins was a witch, so they also assumed she cursed Hester and Dimmesdale to become lovers. Later, the town executed her for her evil works and devil worship. Hester earned the forgiveness of the community by her generous actions and modesty.
One night, Pearl and Hester were walking jome and saw Dimmesdale standing alone on the scaffold trying to punish himself for his wrong doings. Both stood next him on the scaffold and Pearl asks for a simple request. Pearl wants Dimmesdale to talk to her in public the following day. Dimmesdale rejects the offer and the brightest stars in the night sky display an “A.” During this time, Hester realizes the reverend terrible health. Hester seeks Chillingworth to plead with him to stop destroying the reverend’s health more than it already is and eventually causing him to have an early grave. Chillingworth refused to back off because of his anger and vengeance for the lover of his wife. Afraid for the live of her child father, she reacts quickly. Hester and Dimmesdale plan to discreetly meet in the forest. The two know the truth about Chillingworth and decided to flee Boston and move to Europe to start a new life as a family. Both felt a sense of relief and Hester takes off her letter and let her hair down for the first time in a long time. Pearl goes ballistic and cries because she doesn’t recognize her mother. However, Hester calms her
daughter. The day before for their departure and new future, Dimmesdale had a town gathering for one of his famous sermons. Hester discovers her husband bought a ticket for the same voyage and plans to follow them. After the sermon, Dimmesdale walks over the pearl ad Hester upon the scaffold and confesses his sins in front of the entire town. He relieves the scarlet letter on his chest and kisses Pearl. Once his lips leave his daughter, he falls and dies. One year later, Chillingworth dies. Hester and Pearl still departed from Boston, but years later Hester returns still wearing the scarlet letter. Pearl sends letters to her mother and marries a European nobleman. Hester’s last lying place is beside her lover, Dimmesdale, where both have a scarlet letter “A” on their tombstones.
• Roger Chillingworth is the name for Hester’s husband in disguise. He was much older than she is and had sent her …show more content…
to America while he finished his affairs in Europe. Unfortunately, he was captured by Native Americans, and didn’t arrive in Boston until two years later. When he got there, Hester and her child was already standing on the scaffold. He was seeking revenge on Dimmesdale, and pretended to be his good friend to try to think of ways to torture his wife’s lover. He stayed in Boston, despite his wife’s betrayal and expresses his true malevolent intentions.
• Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale was an adored, young Puritan reverend of the community. Although he demonstrates having high esteem and moral compass, he committed the sin of adultery and became intimate with Hester. He was the father of Hester’s child, Pearl. However, he never confessed to his offences, he always held on to the shame and guilt. Guilt wearied down his emotional and physical health, thus leading to his death of a heart condition. Dimmesdale was a very emotional person had held on to constant conflict within himself until his last moment of life, when he publicly claimed to every one of his sins and daughter.
• Pearl was a very significant character, although she was only the love child of Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl was the constant reminder to Hester of her past immorality and sins. She was the illegitimate child of an infamous love affair. Even though her presence was often misjudged, Hester gave Pearl her forename to resemble her attributes. Hester perceived her as precious and valuable like a pearl. Pearl was a mischievous, imaginative young girl, as well as a moody and bratty child making rumors throughout the town. Pearl possessed an incredible ability of perception, in fact, she discerned the truth of her mystery father identity and the act of adultery. Although she seemed innocence, she was wise beyond her years.
• Governor Bellingham was a wealthy gentleman, who was the political authority in Boston spending his time consulting with the town fathers. Although he settled in an American society, he shared similar attributes of a traditional English aristocrat. Bellingham was a very hard and strict man. Always holding himself to a higher status, but he never noticed the troubles within his own house.
• Mistress Hibbins was the widowed sister of Governor Bellingham. She resided along with her mighty brother in a luxurious mansion. Frequently, she contained a bitter temper and dark secret. Many people were oblivious to her secret hobby, in fact the Mistress worshiped the “Black Man”, the devil, as a witch. As well, she was part of higher society and appeared at many public occasions, thus expressing to the readers the hidden evil in the Puritan society.
• Narrator is unknown, but does work as an inspector of the Salem Custom-House two hundred years after the event. In the house’s attic, he discovers a manuscript telling the story of Hester Prynne. Unluckily, he loses his job, but decides to write the fictional adaptation of the narrative. The readers understand his guilt for writing career because of his Puritan background, but he believes America needs to better understand its moral heritage. So, he writes the story.
Summary: “The Scarlet Letter” opens with a young woman and her child in seventeenth century Boston being escorted from her prison cell. During this era, Boston was a Puritan settlement. The young woman is the lead character Hester Prynne and the child she holds is from an illegitimate encounter. Hester possess a scarlet “A” upon her bosom to demonstrate her sin and punishment from the town. Someone from the crowd explains the letter represents adultery. To explain, Hester married an older man and lived in Europe. They both decided to start a new live in the new world, but Hester’s husband sent her to America, while he finished some business in Amsterdam. During the time, Hester waits for him. She grows affection, and has an affair and a child with her lover. She won’t tell anyone who her lover is, and is given her punishment to wear the scarlet letter along with public humiliation for her sin and secret. Later, being present before the town fathers on the scaffold, she still bites her tongue and will not release the identity of her lover. Some time passed, Hester and Pearl, her child, continue to live an adequate live in Boston. Her missing husband, finally arrives in town and learns of his wife’s crimes. Mortifie and enraged he decided to take revenge on her lover and hide his true identity. He goes by the name Roger Chillingworth and becomes a doctor. Only Hester knows the truth, but promises to keep it a secret. Still rejected by the community Hester lives alone with Pearl in a quaint house in the suburbs. Hester does find work as a stress to help support her and her daughter. Except, Pearl is starting to act like a bratty and ill-behaved child by spending awful rumors about her and her mother. Governor Bellingham and other officials wanted to have Pearl taken away from Hester, but Arthur Dimmesdale, the young minister, helps to keep them together. Reverend Dimmesdale is one of the town’s ministers, and unfortunately is dying from a heart condition caused by mental pains. Because of his fragile state, Doctor Chillingworth moves in to help him with his problems. Chillingworth suspects the root of his problem is his secret and decides to test him and try to reveal it. One day, Chillingworth sees a mark on the minister’s chest, while he was sleeping. This mark makes him think that his doubts were right. People believed the Mistress Hibbins was a witch, so they also assumed she cursed Hester and Dimmesdale to become lovers. Later, the town executed her for her evil works and devil worship. Hester earned the forgiveness of the community by her generous actions and modesty.
One night, Pearl and Hester were walking jome and saw Dimmesdale standing alone on the scaffold trying to punish himself for his wrong doings. Both stood next him on the scaffold and Pearl asks for a simple request. Pearl wants Dimmesdale to talk to her in public the following day. Dimmesdale rejects the offer and the brightest stars in the night sky display an “A.” During this time, Hester realizes the reverend terrible health. Hester seeks Chillingworth to plead with him to stop destroying the reverend’s health more than it already is and eventually causing him to have an early grave. Chillingworth refused to back off because of his anger and vengeance for the lover of his wife. Afraid for the live of her child father, she reacts quickly. Hester and Dimmesdale plan to discreetly meet in the forest. The two know the truth about Chillingworth and decided to flee Boston and move to Europe to start a new life as a family. Both felt a sense of relief and Hester takes off her letter and let her hair down for the first time in a long time. Pearl goes ballistic and cries because she doesn’t recognize her mother. However, Hester calms her
daughter. The day before for their departure and new future, Dimmesdale had a town gathering for one of his famous sermons. Hester discovers her husband bought a ticket for the same voyage and plans to follow them. After the sermon, Dimmesdale walks over the pearl ad Hester upon the scaffold and confesses his sins in front of the entire town. He relieves the scarlet letter on his chest and kisses Pearl. Once his lips leave his daughter, he falls and dies. One year later, Chillingworth dies. Hester and Pearl still departed from Boston, but years later Hester returns still wearing the scarlet letter. Pearl sends letters to her mother and marries a European nobleman. Hester’s last lying place is beside her lover, Dimmesdale, where both have a scarlet letter “A” on their tombstones.