In Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter", several ways in which female roles have changed and how the ideas of feminism have developed are evident. In the 1600s, which is the time the novel has taken place, the life of a woman has conformed to the stereotypical, dainty, house working, unvoiced personality. Since that time period, through efforts of women's rights movements, the typical female has altered into a more influential part in today's society. You can see how our main character, Hester Prynne, has accepted some of these old roles and also acted in the novel as a pioneer of feminism through living a bolder "manlier" life most women wouldn't normally accept. The 17th century was a time where roles were much more defined
