Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne
Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the spirit of Hester Prynne, a young woman living in early Puritan Boston, manifested itself to the reader. Hester committed a sinful deed with the reverend of a Puritan Church; for this she was sentenced to wear the scarlet letter ‘A’. It is, however, from the objective mind of the reader that Hester might be labeled a magnificent woman. Hester’s ignominy, however deplorable, helped further transform her already kind disposition and make her into a magnificent woman. Hester demonstrated her selflessness and consideration for others repetitively. She held a steadfast course in keeping silent while protecting Dimsdale’s good name in the community. Even when he ironically questioned her in public concerning her partner in adultery she remained true however humiliating it must have been: “I charge thee to speak out the name of thou fellow sinner and sufferer.” She again showed her ability to keep secrets when Chillingworth asked her to obscure his true ident
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Puritan Church, Able Angel, Hester Prynne, Puritan Boston, scarlet letter, magnificent woman, hester prynne, Scarlet Letter, reader hester,
Approximate Word count = 717
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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