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    Hester Prynne

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    Questioning the strength of love and playing with emotions Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter on the struggle of a convicted sinner in a Puritan Community. Hester Prynne, a woman who originally came from Europe is put through a life of drama when she is convicted of adultery in a Puritan colony. The Scarlet Letter is the first feminist novel published in America. The novel itself is unified by the character Hester Prynne. The Scarlet Letter is about a young woman moves to Boston, Massachusetts while her husband takes care of affairs. After 2 years pass she has an affair with the reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. When she becomes pregnant and gives birth to her daughter, Pearl. The town punishes her for committing adultery. She is sentenced…

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    Hester Prynne Symbolism

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    Scarlet Letter,” by Nathanial Hawthorne, is focused on the lives of Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth. One of the main characters, Hester Prynne, is a woman of many traits. When she is ridiculed by her fellow townspeople, her state of mind is altered. Throughout the entire story, Hawthorne reflects Hester’s disposition with his imagery. Hester Prynne’s inner state of being, her internal emotion, is represented by the scarlet letter, the forest, and light. …

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    and the disgraceful mother of a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is portrayed to be a shameful mistress in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. In a town where everyone acts as if they are saints, as soon as one citizen slips up and commits a human error, that event becomes the talk of the town. In Prynne’s case, her heinous act left her with the undeniable punishment of a child that prevents her from dismissing of her sin committed several years prior. Mistress Prynne is the prime…

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    Hester Prynne Selfish

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    punishment and obstacles that Hester faces are irrational and quite silly, during the 1600s, it was ideal and necessary to form the idea of a Christ centered nation and through punishments, like Hester’s, it could be accomplished. Hester makes the decision to be passive aggressive and because of this, she is able to show that she is the boldest character. Hester Prynne is daring yet submissive and an overall good mother to Pearl despite the circumstances…

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    Hester Prynne: An Outcast

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    At the beginning of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, not much is known about the character and the protagonist of the story. Even in the first few chapters, we only gather that her name is Hester Prynne and she is in the town’s depressing jail. As you continue to read, however, you discover she is in jail because she has a child. This act byself is not a crime, except for the fact that Hester is married and her husband is abroad. Because of her obvious adultery, she is forced to wear a…

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    Hester Prynne Feminism

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    Prompt one, Do you consider Hester to be a strong female character? Is the Scarlet Letter a feminist novel? Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, is a classic novel set in seventeenth- century Boston, in a Puritan settlement. The story is full of love, crime, deceit, and revenge. All is centered around a single act of forbidden passion that alters the lives of three characters, Hester Prynne, Reverend Walter Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester Prynne is a strong female character in…

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    Syntax In Hester Prynne

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    Hester Prynne’s Dishonorable Adultery Some critics argue that the character of Hester Prynne in the Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a courageous and praiseworthy woman. On the other hand, how can one consider Hester lionhearted without focusing on her sinful acts in the novel? D.H. Lawrence uses simple, yet complex literary techniques to persuade his audiences more effectively. D.H. Lawrence is more persuasive in his work while criticizing Hester Prynne. By doing this, he…

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    Hester Prynne Sacrifice

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    sullied are now hideous and should be ashamed of. Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter, was to be forever known as an adulterer, was banished from her society. If it had been known that Hester was married, she would have been hanged after the birth of her child. The ultimate crime of women cheating on her husband deems death, yet a man doing such seemed not out of the common place. There has been however movement away from this more archaic standpoint, but still retains the contradictory view…

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    Life Of Hester Prynne

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    In 1640’s, Hester Prynne committed a sin. Hester needed to wear a letter on her chest, townspeople criticizing her, and someone very important to her being taken away. These punishments that Hester was given are harsh. To begin with, Hester needed to wear a letter on her chest for the rest of her life. The letter on her chest represents the sin she has done. Hester Prynne committed adultery. An example from the book and how the letter looked like, “ On the breast of her gown in…

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    Hester Prynne Sin

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s fictional work The Scarlet Letter, a young woman named Hester Prynne has been spurned from the Puritan community of Boston for committing the horrid sin of adultery. Hester’s offense labels her both figuratively and literally― not only does all of Boston see Hester as a harlot, but anyone who ever meets her will see her as one because of the beautiful, bright ‘A’ stitched onto all of Hester’s clothing. It is not going to matter who Hester is as a person. All that will…

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