In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main theme is crime and punishment and the ways Hester Prynne overcomes adversity. She commits adultery, a very bad crime back then, and has a scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her dress. This is a constant reminder of the crime she committed and is a warning to others that she is a sinner. The letter completely changes her life and is viewed differently by everybody, in a bad way. Because of her crime, she is not allowed to make wedding gowns, even though she is an expert seamstress. It also affects her because Pearl, her daughter, becomes alienated and Hester worriers about her well-being. But in the end, people who once scorned her, come to recognize that she is not a bad person and she slowly gains acceptance. Through the course of the novel, it is evident she starts of high on the social ladder, then falls to the bottom, but slowly climbs her way up. Even though Pearl is alienated from the people, and Hester is not allowed to make wedding gowns, she slowly gains the people's acceptance and becomes much more comfortable with herself.

The novel never really gives the reader a complete insight into the previous life of Hester

This is a major win for Hester and it keeps her from signing over her soul to the Black man in the forest (a.k.a Satan). At this point in the novel, people begin to feel more accepting of her, not to the extent of which they gave her prior to the sin, but more than she received on the scaffold.

It is maternal instinct to care for your child and mothers never like to see their child hurt. Pearl was directly affected by her mothers crime because people looked at her as if she was the result of a sinful act and was not meant to be amongst them. Pearl is alienated from the people because they do not want to accept her. This directly affects Hester because she is concerned for Pearl and worried that her sin is making her daughter's life miserable. What also is affecting Hester is the fact that she has not told Pearl what is going on and why people look at her differently than they would a normal child.

Prynne, but it is easy to assume certain things. Her personality is very energetic and passionate about everything, which relates to her lifestyle of being happy. After her sin leaks out into the public, her social status does a complete 180-degree turn and her life begins to crumble. She becomes alienated from the people, and her vibrant passion for life begins to vanish as quickly as she is alienated. But she does find refuge in her needle-work. She is one of the best seamstresses in that area and her work is worn by all people, even the high class. But all the skill she has cannot make up for her past sin and being an adulterer, she is prohibited from making a bride's veil. This is because her action countered the meaning of the brides veil and the people would not accept an adulterer making a piece of clothing which would symbolize marriage.

"The scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attract

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