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    Although, many will argue Hester along with the other characters in the book are human and nobody is perfect hence why they commit sin there is an exception the characters in the book portray to be someone who they are not. Because even though someone can hide the fact that they have committed sin it will still come back around somehow and they will have to face reality. In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet letter is written about Hester’s love life, the sin she committed, and morality. In the book, he…

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    are consistent in the rebellion against the society that has been established. Throughout The novel these characters show acts That go against the morals and beliefs. Hester Prynne is seen as a brave and courageous woman. Hothorn also portrays her as defiant and having a rebellious spirit. One of the first rebellious acts that Hester does is she commits a crime and engages in an adulterous affair with the town minister while she awaits her husband's return from Amsterdam. Secondly she refuses…

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    The Unbiased Opinion of Hester Prynne Hester Prynne from, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is not a heroine in author D.H Lawrence’s eyes. When analyzing the different scenarios that occurred throughout the novel, Lawrence found key elements that proved Hester should not be glorified. Despite how Hawthorne painted Prynne, Lawrence makes an effort to show the realities of Prynne through concise syntax, mocking tones, and critical allusions. Compared to Hawthorne’s use of intricate,…

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    In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s characters Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne commit adultery that results in their daughter Pearl. As a result, Hester faces the consequences of her perceived sin in the form of cruelty she receives from her community: the Puritans ostracize her from society by forcing her to wear a scarlet A. This suffering results in Hester attaining a greater ability to sympathize with others. For Hawthorne, cruelty functions as a means of carrying out the…

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    that despite the fact that Hester Prynne is the most evident major character, perhaps Arthur Dimmesdale, although weak, is the less realized central character of the novel. They propose that the minister is the one who is truly persecuted and tempted. However, while providing a true statement in the fact that Dimmesdale is an incredibly weak character, he does not experience more prejudice or temptation than Hester. Being a woman in the Puritanical society, Hester was already oppressed to…

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    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…

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    Hester Prynne is unlike any other woman back in the 1650 's. She had to shamefully wear a scarlet "A" on her chest, that she sewed herself. Back in the day women were supposed to only take orders from the men of the house. Women were to cook, clean, and take care of their husbands. In the village where Hester lived she had done quite the opposite. Hester Prynne committed one of the worst crimes possible back in those days. She had an affair with a well known man and even carried his child. In…

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    that the main character, Hester Prynne, could be considered either the best citizen or the worst citizen in Boston in the 1600s. However, it is my belief that Hester Prynne should be thought of as the best. Although yes she has committed a crime, adultery, and has expressed hatred for Roger Chillingworth; Hester has done so much to move past that and make up for her terrible mistake. Giving to charity, working as Boston’s seamstress and so much more of her deeds have made Hester the best citizen…

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    many centuries before.... Hester Prynne imbibed this spirit. She assumed a freedom of speculation, then common enough on the other side of the Atlantic, but which our forefathers, had they known of it, would have held to be a deadlier crime than that stigmatized by the scarlet letter (Hawthorne 1:164).” The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published in 1850. Hawthorne creates a protestant society holding community values to be the standards, leaving Hester Prynne in a difficult…

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    Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a young woman named, Hester Prynne lives in Boston, Massachusetts during the seventh century, in a Puritan society. Hester’s husband, who goes by the name Roger Chillingworth, sends her to America while he deals with some business in Europe. He happens to be caught and held captive by Native Americans which delays his arrival to America. Roger returns to find changes that do not please him. Hester has an affair with a Reverend, Arthur Dimmesdale, and…

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