In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne introduces Hester Prynne as a beautiful criminal. Furthermore the incredulous Roger Chillingworth has been pretending to be a medical doctor, which he has been fooling the townspeople. In addition, his real persona is the town hussy Hester Prynne’s husband with a vengeance. Misguided Hester Prynne has been on her own for two years without her husband whom she married for money. After three long, agonizing hours standing up on a pillory with her Christ child next to her chest where the decorative A fixates, she soon returns to the jail. In the following scene the alias Roger Chillingworth shows up and threatens Hester Prynne’s lover. The interview continues and reveals that Hester Prynne’s marriage was a sham to begin with.
The author adores Hester Prynne early on as an attractive, glossy haired woman capable of a very sinful crime. The townspeople treated Hester very horrid and being locked up for months gave her time to accept her sin and embrace it. While being made an example of Hawthorne describes what Hester wears, “bold red A with glittery gold stitching (103)”. …show more content…
Hester and Roger build off of each of feelings. For instance, “If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this. I might have known that, as I came out of the vast and dismal forest and entered this settlement of Christian men, the very first object to meet my eyes would be thyself, Hester Prynne, standing up, a statue of ignominy, before the people (147)”. He rudely tells Hester how he knew she would be a hussy from the beginning and how someone as beautiful as her would never be faithful to him. Hester responds with “Thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any (147)”. In the end it shows that indeed Hester Prynne married for the riches. Though Roger Chillingworth wedded for love and any other abundant marriage
The author adores Hester Prynne early on as an attractive, glossy haired woman capable of a very sinful crime. The townspeople treated Hester very horrid and being locked up for months gave her time to accept her sin and embrace it. While being made an example of Hawthorne describes what Hester wears, “bold red A with glittery gold stitching (103)”. …show more content…
Hester and Roger build off of each of feelings. For instance, “If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this. I might have known that, as I came out of the vast and dismal forest and entered this settlement of Christian men, the very first object to meet my eyes would be thyself, Hester Prynne, standing up, a statue of ignominy, before the people (147)”. He rudely tells Hester how he knew she would be a hussy from the beginning and how someone as beautiful as her would never be faithful to him. Hester responds with “Thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any (147)”. In the end it shows that indeed Hester Prynne married for the riches. Though Roger Chillingworth wedded for love and any other abundant marriage