In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a woman named Hester Prynne is viewed as a living representation of her sin. Her talents and personality are overlooked and she is judged solely by her flaws. This is also true for Harleen Quinzel. Though once a successful psychiatrist, her life is suddenly shattered when a wrong turn causes her to go mentally insane. From this point on, she is viewed as a ditzy psychopath and her previous accomplishments are forgotten completely. Harleen attempts to cope with this new image by embracing it and becoming what people say she is, a psychotic criminal. This connects to Hester’s way of dealing with her new identity by using a beautifully embroidered “A” to visually represent her sins. Though both characters
