Literary Criticism of Hester Prynne as Repressed Artist in the Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne is a great woman artist who is repressed. She has a burden of shame displayed proudly on her chest. The scarlet letter shows more than the sin. It shows the isolation and disdain on a person. Hester is a being of great value in intellect and beauty being repressed by her own community. Nathanial Hawthorne brings in tragedy of a woman. It’s about the important life of this particular character and the influence that made her transform into a legend. “Tall, with dark and abundant hair and deep black eyes, a rich complexion that makes modern women (says Hawthorne) pale and thin by comparison,” (Von Doren). The Scarlet Letter is about survival against
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She was condemned to wear the scarlet letter A; sewed on her garment. She is passionate with the allure of romance on her eyes. She came from England where she was married off with a scholar and set in America. She was left alone in Boston before her husband arrives three years later. When he came, the first eye contact with her came from the scaffold. Then the change begins. Her transformation commenced ever since she stood on the scaffold, embracing her child. The crime of adultery is too great and she lived in “the outskirts of town, and there in the dwelling she lives in virtual isolation,” (Reid 23). Hester Prynne no longer the person she wants to be and gives herself up for the betterment of her child. It was a world where Hester struggles economically and socially within the realms of Puritan …show more content…
The Puritan world trying to grow on American soil. The town see what they want to see. They view Hester as an Adulteress and no other. However, Hawthorne makes his character artistic and intelligent. She is a vibrant woman with creativity and wit. A heroine of a tragedy and Hester understands her surroundings. She sees her sin and made herself punished by staying with the town when she had the option to leave. She blames herself for the sin and resolves it through charitable work and building a reputation. Hester Prynne repeatedly goes in depth and dwells in different thinking of how she perceives herself with the sin. She began placing blame on herself. Later, she begins thinking that she doesn’t feel sorry for the sin. In fact she, “heroically gave all to love, and tragedy resulted from the conflict of her dream of freedom,” (Gross 45). Hawthorne shows her repression from society. She was uncommonly skilled in needle work. In fact she proves her defiance against society through the “embroidered the fatal token in the scarlet cloth, with the golden thread and the nicest art of needlework; so that the capital A might have been thought to mean Admirable,” (Von Doren, 147). She is an artist and a lover. She brings passion in her work and the stride of her
She was condemned to wear the scarlet letter A; sewed on her garment. She is passionate with the allure of romance on her eyes. She came from England where she was married off with a scholar and set in America. She was left alone in Boston before her husband arrives three years later. When he came, the first eye contact with her came from the scaffold. Then the change begins. Her transformation commenced ever since she stood on the scaffold, embracing her child. The crime of adultery is too great and she lived in “the outskirts of town, and there in the dwelling she lives in virtual isolation,” (Reid 23). Hester Prynne no longer the person she wants to be and gives herself up for the betterment of her child. It was a world where Hester struggles economically and socially within the realms of Puritan …show more content…
The Puritan world trying to grow on American soil. The town see what they want to see. They view Hester as an Adulteress and no other. However, Hawthorne makes his character artistic and intelligent. She is a vibrant woman with creativity and wit. A heroine of a tragedy and Hester understands her surroundings. She sees her sin and made herself punished by staying with the town when she had the option to leave. She blames herself for the sin and resolves it through charitable work and building a reputation. Hester Prynne repeatedly goes in depth and dwells in different thinking of how she perceives herself with the sin. She began placing blame on herself. Later, she begins thinking that she doesn’t feel sorry for the sin. In fact she, “heroically gave all to love, and tragedy resulted from the conflict of her dream of freedom,” (Gross 45). Hawthorne shows her repression from society. She was uncommonly skilled in needle work. In fact she proves her defiance against society through the “embroidered the fatal token in the scarlet cloth, with the golden thread and the nicest art of needlework; so that the capital A might have been thought to mean Admirable,” (Von Doren, 147). She is an artist and a lover. She brings passion in her work and the stride of her