Summary Of The Scarlett Letter By Hester Prynne

Your habits can affect your story and give you a big twist to the storyline. There is a story in the literature that contains the person who made the wrong decision. The sacrifice of sin, Hester Prynne, emerges as a determined, loving and strong heroine, living her life in The Scarlett letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Hester came from a poor family, married to a deformed scholar and doctor who is much older than her. She was sent to New England by her husband, alone, with a plan to follow her later. As Hester has not heard of her husband in a long time, she believes he has been lost at sea.

Hester is a proud woman who has committed adultery which changes her life in an significant way. She commits adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale. The adultery

She's a great woman this way. She looks at the best side of things. She doesn't care about herself. She protects others from humiliation and punishment.

Every heroine needs a foil. For Hester, that foil was embodied in the people of Boston. Hester was a "ruined" woman, and that status made her unacceptable. Ironically, this made her able to see the sins of others, and even look at them with forgiveness. In a way, she was the perfect candidate for a friend. Hester changes society in the process of her punishment. Years later, she returns to Boston with her goodwill. She is engaged in charitable activities.

By taking the blame for her and Dimmesdale’s sin, Hester shows herself to be noble. Rather than hiding in her home with her disgrace, Hester goes about her usual daily activities, eventually supporting herself by becoming a seamstress. Apparently, years of sewing red letters on her clothing developed a skill within her. Her quiet strength gradually makes her sin and its symbol less of a fault, and the people of the small community where she and Pearl live accept her as more than anyone else. She is now an asset to their society, performing honorable deeds and conducting herself as a kind and understanding