"On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A" ( Hawthorne 45). In the book, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is a woman convicted of adultery and who must wear the letter A upon her chest for her sin. The reader may assume that Hester is a coward who refuses to show her face in town after this incident but instead, Hester is a strong leader because of her ability to be honest about her sin through the symbol of the scarlet letter. Because of her ability to show her sin through scarlet letter that she must wear, she becomes a leader in the way she continues to take charge of her daughter, help the poor, and improve herself for the community.
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She tries to recreate the way people view her after her sin. She wants them to view her how they did before she was convicted. Hester first changes for the community are exemplified on page 127 when the story says, " It is our Hester, -the towns own Hester, - who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted" (Hawthorne 127). The townspeople are making remarks about Hester to the many visitors, and all of the comments are good. They say how kind and helpful she is to those in need, and they compliment her handiwork on the garments she sows. They continue to make her seem like a town hero or leader which creates her leadership abilities. She also improves her attitude and attentiveness and once the community sees this, they tell others that the letter on her chest means something other than adultery. On page 127, the story says, " They said that it meant able, so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength" (Hawthorne 127.) They make Hester seem like a community hero, and she shows humility to the town, a quality that many leaders have. For instance, instead of calling the townspeople out for hypocrisy, she accepts the love they are now giving her and she shows them mercy for all the pain they have caused her. She shows the qualities of a leader through this, those such as forgiveness and humility, even after the amount of pain the town has caused
She tries to recreate the way people view her after her sin. She wants them to view her how they did before she was convicted. Hester first changes for the community are exemplified on page 127 when the story says, " It is our Hester, -the towns own Hester, - who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted" (Hawthorne 127). The townspeople are making remarks about Hester to the many visitors, and all of the comments are good. They say how kind and helpful she is to those in need, and they compliment her handiwork on the garments she sows. They continue to make her seem like a town hero or leader which creates her leadership abilities. She also improves her attitude and attentiveness and once the community sees this, they tell others that the letter on her chest means something other than adultery. On page 127, the story says, " They said that it meant able, so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength" (Hawthorne 127.) They make Hester seem like a community hero, and she shows humility to the town, a quality that many leaders have. For instance, instead of calling the townspeople out for hypocrisy, she accepts the love they are now giving her and she shows them mercy for all the pain they have caused her. She shows the qualities of a leader through this, those such as forgiveness and humility, even after the amount of pain the town has caused