a young wife while Hester Prynne is on the scaffold for the first time. While a group of people discuss how they feel about Hester’s punishment and whether or not it is fair‚ this sentence is softly spoken. This is the most important quote in The Scarlet Letter‚ because it describes how the literal “A” embroidered in Hester Prynne’s clothing is a meaningless punishment‚ while the true punishment is the guilt of being an adulterer and a sinner‚ which will not go away until Hester confesses her sin
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and life everlasting‚” stated Jerry Ryan. Hester Prynne is the primary character of The Scarlet Letter and a young maiden who had a husband that disappeared two years prior when Hester had an affair with someone else. Roger Chillingworth is the husband of Hester Prynne‚ and he is looking for revenge because of Hester’s betrayal. Hawthorne shows that not everyone is a perfect person when it comes to his or her feelings and emotions. Since Hester Prynne is the heroine of the story and refuses to state
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It takes someone who will not crumble under pressure or because of criticism from others. A hero is somebody who never gives up no matter the troubles that face them. Hawthorne uses Hester as the heroine because she is the only character in a puritan society who is morally justified by their actions. Hester Prynne is “a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale‚” a young and beautiful woman (Hawthorne 46). She brought a child into the world with an unknown father. She is punished by Puritan society
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Character Analysis: Scarlet Letter-Hester Prynne The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne is a complex novel with in depth characterization. This analysis is about Hester Prynne‚ the main character and focuses on three of her attitudes‚ appearance‚ and morals. Hester’s physical appearance is developed and referred to often throughout the novel. Hawthorne paints a picture for the reader of Hester’s beauty. She had dark and abundant hair‚ so glossy that it through off the sunshine with a gleam
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by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This essay discusses how Hester is a victim of her social pressure. She was punished for something she did to achieve her dream of having someone that loves her. Hester committed adultery with minister Dimmesdale and had a child with him‚ Pearl. Her punishment was to stand on the scaffold with her child and wear the letter A on her breast as a sign of her “crime”. Due to the strictures of the puritan society‚ Hester Prynne suffers from public shaming. She almost lost her only
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outwards relates to the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. For example‚ through the towns people considered Hester a sinner however she is a good person inside by helping the poor and such. Dimmesdale was the minister of the town‚ and everyone thinks he would do no sin but in fact he is Pearl’s father. Chillingworth worth gave the idea that he was a physician but he was there in the town to seek revenge on Hester. For instance‚ Hester Prynne is consider a sinner in the
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of the first novels ever written to feature a strong female character as the lead role. Hester Prynne is punished for committing adultery against her ex husband Roger Dimmesdale. She is to be punished for seven‚ horrific‚ lonely years of her and her daughter‚ Pearl‚ lives. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne is punished in three different ways. One of the three types of punishments Hester is going through is imprisonment. She is arrested on a charge for adultery against her
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In the beginning of the book Hester Prynne is a very kind woman. She ended up making a poor decision that will affect the rest of her life. Its life everyone makes mistakes we’re all human.But what shes does is something she will have to live with for the rest of her life and never be able to take it back.In this book The Scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone.Hester is the main character‚and let’s get to the point;adulteress. In the beginning of the book‚Hester is forced to marry Roger Chillingworth
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Hester Prynne The character of Hester Prynne changed significantly throughout the novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester Prynne‚ through the eyes of the Puritans‚ is an extreme sinner; she has gone against the Puritan ways‚ committing adultery. For this irrevocably harsh sin‚ she must wear a symbol of shame for the rest of her life. From the beginning‚ we see that Hester Prynne is a young and beautiful woman who has brought a child into the world with an unknown father. She is
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known as Boston‚ Massachusetts. Hawthorne wrote about a young lady named Hester Prynne who commits the sin of adultery with Reverend Dimmsdale while still technically married to Roger Chillingworth‚ who she was arranged to marry. Hester’s sin is exposed when she becomes pregnant with her daughter Pearl. All of the characters live in the same Puritan town‚ Hester and Pearl are outcasted from the town because of the sin Hester committed‚ while Chillingworth pretends to
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