Hester Prynne In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In his book, author Hawthorne describes Hester Prynne in her isolation from the Puritan community. Hawthorne supports this description by comparing and contrasting Hester’s character, describing her hair, and utilizing cause and effect to portray Hester’s love. Hawthorne’s purpose is to compare Hester to how she used to carry herself in order to portray the scarlet letter’s effect on her life. Hawthorne employs a forthright tone with his world-wide audience.
Hawthorne establishes a forthright tone in order to portray the effect the scarlet letter had on her. By utilizing a metaphor to compare and contrast Hester’s more exuberant attitude before her dull attitude, Hawthorne analyzes, “All the light and graceful foliage of her character had