Another Anne?Is The Scarlet Letter
There are some things that could have happened to Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter if she had followed the footsteps of Anne Hutchinson. Anne Hutchinson believed differently from most Puritans in the 1640's. She held these beliefs with all her heart. People did not like her for that so they banished her. Hester Prynne commits adultery, but she handles it differently than Anne. She does not believe with all her heart that it was the right thing to do, so she is not punished as severely as Anne was. Hester begins by doing something against the authorities but she handles it differently than Anne did. In chapter one of The Scarlet Letter, Anne Hutchinson is considered a heroine because of her imprisonment. The chapter describes a rosebush that grew from where Anne had stepped into the prison. Rose bushes are usually associated with passion (beauty plus pain) or the church (as in Dante). Anne had a passion about her beliefs about the church and is a heroine. This rose bush grew in memory of her. Hester Prynne herself walks into this prison for almost the same reason as Anne Hutchinson. Hester had a passion symbolized by t
Hester did not fight back like Anne Hutchinson. She submitted and took her punishment. After a while her reputation got better. Anne rebelled and was punished. Not many people respected her; she lost her reputation. Once she died, people respected her more because of the passion she fought with for what she believed. he rose also. She had a different kind of passion, though. It was not for her beliefs, but for a man of the church, Rev. Dimmesdale. This passion was in the church (the rose) but people in the church opposed this passion, just as they opposed Anne Hutchinson. The rose symbolizes what happened to both women. Hester had the same chance as Anne did to fight back and become a heroine like Anne Hutchinson. Chapter 13 of The Scarlet Letter mentions that she might have been a prophetess or have been killed because of her passion. To be an example to her daughter, she did not do that. The book suggests that if Pearl had not been born, Hester might have gone down in history with Anne Hutchinson. Anne Hutchinson was warned by Rev. John Cotton to "hold her tongue." (Buckingham) She takes his advice for a short while t
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