Th Scarlet Letter Essay, Research Paper

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the heroine is admired

becuase of her strong will, and disregard for other’s views of her.

Hester Pryne displays her best qualities when she stands up to

Governor Bellingham and his gang, when they confront her about her

daughter Pearl. Hester is a woman that is well ahead of her time,

she is vocal, proud, head-strong, and confident, in an age where

women were to be seen and not heard. She was deeply admired by all

the townspeople, despite her adultrous past, and public shame of

wearing a scarlet “A” upon her breast. Hester is a victim of a crime

which was severly punished despite the fact that she could only be

accountable for half of the incident. She was forced into the

marriage of a man she did not love, and after being seperated for a

long amount of time, she became attracted to another man. Hester is

much stronger then her partner in adultry, Dimmesdale, who bottles

up his guilt inside, and eventually dies due to the suffering he

endures, at keeping the event a secret. Hester endures her

punishment without a word against it, and grows from it, making

her stronger and a woman to be admired from her puritan counterparts,

and women today.