Hester Prynne In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is a strong woman who triumphs over patriarchal society because Hester overcome her sin, became mature women, and she is someone that people could look up. During the book, Hester committed adultery with Dimmesdale which he is the minister of the Puritan community and also she is not telling who father is. A sin committed in the Puritans community is very tough to handle because the Puritans have very strict laws and punishment. In the beginning of the book, Hester was standing on the scaffold with her baby, and she survives the punishment without any complains, or giving up. For the first time that she wears the scarlet letter on her clothes so people could see her guilt. Even though the whole town was …show more content…

Hester decided to stay and raise Pearl on the outer’s parts of the town because she is an outcast to the community. She goes to the town with her scarlet letter on her chest, and she is not afraid of showing her scarlet to people. Other people would have left the town if they were in Hester’s situation because Hester have experience humiliation from the Puritans. At this time Hester was alone in the house with her baby, and she just decided to embroider. Later, Hester decided to help the poor even though they still look down on her scarlet letter. She cares for the poor and brings them food and clothing. Then, Hester shows maturity and responsibility when she hears the people wants to take Pearl away from her. She went to the governor’s house, so she could tell to back off of taking Pearl away from her. During the argument; she was mature enough to ask the father to help her keep the child. She made Dimmesdale to take responsibility on being on her side while everyone beliefs that the Pearl should be taken away. Then, Hester said to the governor that, “I can teach my Pearl what I have learned from this!" (Hawthorne 84). She said this to defend her argument that she is the better person to be with Pearl because she was the one who the scarlet

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