Hester Prynne is one of many protagonists throughout The Scarlet Letter. Hester wears an “A” stitched on to her clothing that symbolizes “adulterer.” The book describes Hester's physical characteristics as beautiful, saying her face was “beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion” and “her beauty shone out, and made a halo of misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped.”
While she was married to Chillingworth, Hester comes to America anticipating the arrival of her husband who had promised he was coming. Time passes and Chillingworth never shows and Hester has no idea what has happened to him. The Puritan community where she is living, knows she is married when she came there and when Hester becomes pregnant, everyone knows she has had an affair, and that is how she ended up with the “A.” She shows a strong, confident personality from the very beginning of the book when she is walking to the scaffold from the prison and …show more content…
Hester gives birth to a baby girl that she names Pearl. There were many speculations that Pearl was a “demon child” because no one knew who the father was (other than Hester), she did not get along with other children at all and would even scream and throw rocks at them, and instead of imagining fake friends, she would imagine people that she could fight. Governor Bellingham thought that if Pearl was a demon child that she needed to removed from Hester’s care and if she was not a demon child, than she deserved a better mother than Hester. Hester pleaded to keep her child saying that Pearl not only brought her joy, but was a constant reminder of the terrible sin she had committed and that she could teach Pearl a valuable lesson based on her mistakes. Because of Pearl, Hester was obligated to be a better person than the actions she portrayed leading up to this situation. Dimmesdale comes forward to Governor Bellingham saying that there was a reason
While she was married to Chillingworth, Hester comes to America anticipating the arrival of her husband who had promised he was coming. Time passes and Chillingworth never shows and Hester has no idea what has happened to him. The Puritan community where she is living, knows she is married when she came there and when Hester becomes pregnant, everyone knows she has had an affair, and that is how she ended up with the “A.” She shows a strong, confident personality from the very beginning of the book when she is walking to the scaffold from the prison and …show more content…
Hester gives birth to a baby girl that she names Pearl. There were many speculations that Pearl was a “demon child” because no one knew who the father was (other than Hester), she did not get along with other children at all and would even scream and throw rocks at them, and instead of imagining fake friends, she would imagine people that she could fight. Governor Bellingham thought that if Pearl was a demon child that she needed to removed from Hester’s care and if she was not a demon child, than she deserved a better mother than Hester. Hester pleaded to keep her child saying that Pearl not only brought her joy, but was a constant reminder of the terrible sin she had committed and that she could teach Pearl a valuable lesson based on her mistakes. Because of Pearl, Hester was obligated to be a better person than the actions she portrayed leading up to this situation. Dimmesdale comes forward to Governor Bellingham saying that there was a reason