“So Hester Prynne, the adulteress who is punished, if followed in every almost imperceptible movement of her psychological progress: in her proud, but desperate isolation; in her slow reconquest of society; in the renewed outbreak of feelings through which, although years of apparent expiation have gone by, her passion for the Reverend Dimmesdale can appear in undiminished strength; and in the dignity which she shows when she takes up her rightful place in the world again after minister's death.” (Cunliffe, American Literature to 1900, p.177). Even though the Puritan community had pretty much condemned her to hell, she had found her own way through life. She didn’t hide herself from everyone. Instead, she continued with her daily life within
