Hester Prynne can also be called steadfast by being loyal to her family and also by doing her penance of her sin, adultery. Hester committed this sin with her secret lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester acknowledged her sin but Dimmesdale didn’t which allowed Hester to get stronger but Dimmesdale to only become weakened by this sin. Hester Prynne’s steadfast is very prominent when she stays loyal to her little daughter, pearl. Pearl is the consequence of the great sin that is causing Hester problems, these problems are the death wishes and hate she is receiving. Governor Bellingham wishes to take little pearl away, but Hester stays loyal to her family and pleads to keep her daughter, “quote about governor wanting to take her away”. This love for
