How are Hester and Sethe from different times and places but looked at the same way in both the Scarlet Letter & Beloved? In this paper I will be showing how both Hester Prynne and Sethe are treated by their community. How they are both are treated and how it’s important to the stories, how they are defined by the people, and how they are forgiven. The first thing I will talk about is why Hester Prynne was shunned by the community, why it is important, and the effects of the shunning. Hester had an affair with dimmesdale when she was in jail and had a kid so when everyone found out she had a kid with someone else she was shunned by the community by being marked with the letter A on her chest, the A stood for Adultery, which was her sin.
