In the novel, The Scarlett Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character, Hester Pryne, is convicted of adultery, which is a serious, major crime in the Puritan society. Hester gets punished by being placed upon the scaffold where everyone can publicly humiliate her and is forced to wear the Scarlett Letter “A” for the rest of her life, which she beautifully embroiders. However, instead of being ashamed and being resentful of the letter “A” that she now has to wear, she wears it with pride and confidence. When she went up to the scaffold with her daughter, Pearl, who was born out of the sin that she committed, she walked with so much confidence and courage that it shocked the Puritan women who were criticizing her with cruel, rude, and nasty words. But as Hester was getting comfortable in her pride and confidence, she recognizes someone in the crowd and realizes that it’s her husband whom she thought was dead.
Hester’s husband, who goes by the name Roger Chillingworth, is bound to take revenge on the guy whom Hester committed adultery with. Chillingworth soon finds out that the father of Pearl is none other than Minister Dimmesdale. Chillingworth, then starts to torture Dimmesdale mentally. Hester tries to tell Chillingworth to stop his torture upon Dimmesdale, but he doesn’t want to listen. Dimmesdale, already being tortured by Chillingworth, starts torturing himself for what he put Hester through. He whips himself in the back every night to try to take the guilt of his shoulder, but it’s still there. Towards the end of the book, Dimmesdale tells the whole Puritan society that he committed the sin with Hester and dies because of it.
I thought this book was alright. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it either. One thing I did like about the book was Hester Prynne. She is very caring, courageous, and passionate. I found her very caring when she made clothes for other people, such as the homeless. She sewed together very beautiful embroidered clothing for the people of the Puritan society to wear. What I didn’t like was when the homeless still criticized Hester with harsh words even though she made very beautiful clothes for them. What kind of person would do that? I found her very courageous when she went up to the scaffold with such pride and confidence that it blew the Puritan society off their feet. And lastly, I found her very passionate when she sets up a meeting with Dimmesdale, intending to tell him about Chillingworth’s plans and what he intends to do. When they meet up, instead of talking about Chillingworth, they start talking about escaping to Europe and starting their lives over. They planned to live happily together than apart and miserable. This shows that Hester is very passionate about Dimmesdale and is still in love with him even though he put her through ‘hell’ by not confessing to the Puritan society that he also committed adultery with Hester.
- Swapneel Singh (Final Blog Post)
Hester’s husband, who goes by the name Roger Chillingworth, is bound to take revenge on the guy whom Hester committed adultery with. Chillingworth soon finds out that the father of Pearl is none other than Minister Dimmesdale. Chillingworth, then starts to torture Dimmesdale mentally. Hester tries to tell Chillingworth to stop his torture upon Dimmesdale, but he doesn’t want to listen. Dimmesdale, already being tortured by Chillingworth, starts torturing himself for what he put Hester through. He whips himself in the back every night to try to take the guilt of his shoulder, but it’s still there. Towards the end of the book, Dimmesdale tells the whole Puritan society that he committed the sin with Hester and dies because of it.
I thought this book was alright. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it either. One thing I did like about the book was Hester Prynne. She is very caring, courageous, and passionate. I found her very caring when she made clothes for other people, such as the homeless. She sewed together very beautiful embroidered clothing for the people of the Puritan society to wear. What I didn’t like was when the homeless still criticized Hester with harsh words even though she made very beautiful clothes for them. What kind of person would do that? I found her very courageous when she went up to the scaffold with such pride and confidence that it blew the Puritan society off their feet. And lastly, I found her very passionate when she sets up a meeting with Dimmesdale, intending to tell him about Chillingworth’s plans and what he intends to do. When they meet up, instead of talking about Chillingworth, they start talking about escaping to Europe and starting their lives over. They planned to live happily together than apart and miserable. This shows that Hester is very passionate about Dimmesdale and is still in love with him even though he put her through ‘hell’ by not confessing to the Puritan society that he also committed adultery with Hester.
- Swapneel Singh (Final Blog Post)