Hester Prynne Suffering Quotes

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Hester is facing it all, from public scorn to loneliness. Hester becomes an outcast from everyone in a New England colony with her daughter, Pearl. Author, Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of the eventful life of an adulteress in an eighteenth century colony in this fictional classic. Hester Prynne is a young married woman who moved from England to a colony in Massachusetts. While waiting for her husband to arrive, Hester has an affair with a man named Dimmesdale and is put into prison. Hester, even though she is caught in her sin, shows great strength of character; Hester chooses to protect those that she cares about even though it causes her personal suffering. As a result of her strength, Hester causes great change in others around her.

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For example, Hester endures public shame, prison, and standing on the pillory (Hawthorn, 1994, p.g 38 lines 12-15). As mentionedJust like in the previous paragraph, Hester does not give the name of the father. Hester’s action in not doing so shows that she wants to protect those that she loves, even though it causes her personal suffering. The suffering that Hester goes through is as follows: she is mocked by people in the colony, she also has to wear a scarlet letter which is a what people see Hester as when she wears it (an adulteress). Everyone in the colony sees past Hester, and looks right to the letter; the “A” has become what people judge Hester …show more content…

Hester wants to protect the ones that she loves --, Pearl, Dimmesdale, her husband -- , even though she suffers more from it. In the Bible, it is one of the commandments is, to not commit adultery. When the gGossips were saying that they wanted Hester put to death (Hawthorn, 1994, p.g 36 lines 17-18), they were following the law of the Old Testament, but now that Christ died for our sins, we do not have to be put to death for our sins; we can ask for forgiveness of our sins. Nathaniel Hawthorne wanted to portray the life of an adulteress in a Puritan colony; he did so by writing how Hester’s sin affected other people, as well as the character’s strength throughout the book. The law from the Old Testament is portrayed by the people of the colony when Hester was on trial. At the end of the book, Hester Prynne is still wearing the letter, but she was presenting herself differently compared to the beginning despite the fact that the letter still made her heart ache from memories of the

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