Who Is Hester A Devilish Woman In The Scarlet Letter

In scarlets letter Hester is constantly perceived as an evil, whorish woman, and by default pearl is seen as if not more of a devilish creature because she was made from an act that is seen as the complete sin, adultery. The common town people are continuously verbal and physically abusing Hester, trying to kick her out of town. They see it that if she left left the town then the town will become that much holier. So when Hester steps upon the platform she does it in a quite manner, to try to avoid as much attention as she can, because Hester see’s it that the more attention she bring to her self the more the wicked town people will torment her prized possession, here daughter. When Minsiter grabs pearls hand showing to the town that he excepts …show more content…
So when he finally grabs his daughters hand in public he feels something he’s never felt before. And in some way he’s trying to relieve that guilt that is buried inside of him. Unkowing to fact wether its love or happiness, he's doing this to protect his girls. These new exotict feeling rushed through his heart and his veins, This shows that at this moment he feels relieves, because at the end of the book he takes his shirt off and theres an A that his burned from the inside out over his heart. The pain of hiding his secret that would ruin his reputation and his career burdens his so much that he not just metionally hurting, but physically. And this new feeling there rushing throughout his veins, its showing us that its rushing through his entire body, at this moment he feels like a new man, not that pitiful man that has to hide his secret in the words, but a newly formed proud honorable man. Hester knows that she has to keep her secret and secret, and its tearing the minsiter apart so when the warmth rushes through his half torpid system, its claiming that the feeling is step by step taking away the sleepy, secret life the minster is