Hester Prynne

The story is set in 17th-century Boston, a town heavily reliant upon Puritan doctrine and belief. 3 The year is 1642. Hester Prynne, a young spouse whose husband has been missing for more than a year, is convicted of adultery following the birth of her newborn daughter Pearl. As part of her punishment, Prynne is forced to wear a red patch of the letter A. Prynne is soon introduced to the complexity, cruelty, and ultimately the strength of the human spirit. Though written centuries ago,…

Scarlet Letter is heavily centered on how the Puritan people face guilt and sin in ways their religion and culture allowed. As the plot develops, the four main characters-Hester Prynne, Pearl Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingsworth- reach individual development by dealing with the effects of guilt and sin individually. Hester opposes it by flagrantly wearing a scarlet letter on her chest, Pearl manages by being a living symbol of Hester’s egregious offense, Dimmesdale confronts his…

This is the dilemma that Roger Prynne faced in the book ‘The Scarlet Letter”, when he discovered that Arthur Dimmesdale, a revered pastor and public figure, committed adultery with his wife, Hester Prynne. And, while all believe that Arthur committed this sinful act, there is a controversy over whether Roger should forgive Mr. Dimmesdale, or exact revenge upon him. Roger Prynne should not seek vengeance upon Arthur Dimmesdale because Mr. Dimmesdale repented, Hester repented, and Roger will be…

resulted in public embarrassment, jail time and a future of dislike. One of these sins would include adultery which Hester Prynne commits and has a living embodiment of this sin. The Puritan community sees Hester Prynne as a fallen woman, Dimmesdale a saint and Chillingworth a victim being the husband. The letter "A" has multiple different meanings based on what part of the story it is. Hester wears this letter as a representation of the sin and it is meant to show the struggle with her moral…

Nathaniel Hawthorne 's, The Scarlet Letter, a young woman named, Hester Prynne, committed adultery which stunned the pious community of Boston, MA. Arthur Dimmesdale, the idolized pastor of the church, was the secret lover of Hester Prynne, and the father of her girl child, Pearl. The difference that lies between the two, is the fact that Hester’s consequences were received publicly, whilst Dimmesdale’s was done in private. Hester was doomed to bear a scarlet A upon…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne criticizes the Puritan religion by telling us a story of Hester Prynne, an adulteress. The story brings to us many vivid example of the Puritans and what they did that seemed so hypocritical to Hawthorne. And he uses many rhetorical strategies throughout the novel to show his disapproval of the Puritan ways and what they stood for. Hawthorne’s disdain for the Puritans is shown through his irony and diction when he first introduces us to the colony of…

Letter is a novel that involves a particular sin human beings often commit [BRG]. In Hawthorne’s novel, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale committed adultery and we find that their sin changed influenced their life completely [TH]. We can find about the consequences of Prynne’s and Dimmesdale’s sin as a punishment, how a sin impacted their reputation and how the society viewed them, and how Hester Prynne’s and Dimmesdale’s sin is truly forgiven by their society [OS]. One of the consequences…

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel set in Boston in the early 17th century that narrates the effects of an act of adultery. The main character, Hester Prynne, is forced to wear a Scarlet Letter ‘A’ as punishment for her sin. The novel was published in the 1800’s during the Romantic period of literature. Romanticism is a philosophy that emphasizes individualism, distrust in nature, and a belief in the good nature of mankind. Classicism, the opposing ideal, focuses on organized…

there is a women named Hester Prynne. She committed the crime of adultery, she kept Chillingworth’s secret from Dimmesdale, and she often referred to Pearl as an evil imp. Although she did all of these actions, she still gave her surplus amounts of money to charity and counseled women so that is why I think she is an example of the best citizen. Hester, even though she doesn’t have a lot to give, gives excess amount of her clothing and money to charity. The book says, “Hester bestowed all her…

protagonist, Hester Prynne, through her stubborn personality in which she knows what she stands for. In contrast, the characters in this novel all present their weakness at some point. One of the most prominent weaknesses in this novel is the concept of sin. For example, Arthur Dimmesdale’s downfall is that his sin overwhelms him and is incapable of wanting to change. Through the strengths and flaws seen in these characters, Hawthorne demonstrates that a…