Feminism In The Scarlet Letter

I will be writing about feminism. I’m going to explain what feminism is, how it relates to The Scarlet Letter, why it is important, Hawthorne’s view of women in the book, whether or not Hawthorne portrays women accurately, and will be providing specific examples from the book to support my analysis. Women have been discriminated against from the very beginning in my beliefs. It started out with Adam and Eve; Eve took the first bite of the apple not Adam. Now I’m not saying God is feminist but just starting out with history that’s where it begins. I will also be giving examples from The Scarlet Letter, with not just Hester but other women in that time as well. In conclusion this paper will be explaining what feminist times were/ are like and …show more content…
I think many people would have different opinions on what feminism is, this is personally my opinion. With that being said in the Greek times women were recognized as more of a sexual object than an actual person, and taken advantage of by Gods and humans. (Women throughout the ages) And I would like to compare that period of time to puritan times. With The Scarlet Letter and how they honestly treated the women the same, in my opinion, women in the puritan times were treated like they belong to a certain person and are talked down to by men. Hester was cast out by the puritans including the women and shamed for her sin (adultery) they were also fixated upon Hester’s sins instead of their own being brought out into the public and letting people judge …show more content…
Without women this world would not be complete. Women are care givers, and have many characteristics including compassion, ambition, obedience, wisdom, integrity, and the list goes on. Women are multi-taskers; this could include taking care of children while making dinner or trying to balance life with college or school. In my opinion men cannot do the things women can, their brains don’t work as a woman’s does. It bothers me that in today’s world we females are taught by pop culture that we can use our bodies to get anything we want and that’s all we are needed for, this is wrong. In the scarlet letter it says “wisely judging that one token of her same would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked around at her townspeople and neighbors. On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter.”(Ch. 2) This states that a Hester is strong, this quote to me doesn’t sound like a conscious stricken sinner, Hester is smiling about her Scarlet letter and takes it on as a challenge, not a public humiliation, she is not going to let these gossiping women and men get her down. She is not going to let their judgment and disapproval define her. And this is a very strong statement from this