Throughout the course of history, those who were considered sinners were often cast out from the society. This was indeed the case with the character Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The scarlet letter “A” that Hester Prynne wore on her bosom symbolizes sin, adultery, and capability. Although Hester may be a sinner, and a great one at that, Hester surprisingly benefitted from her punishment changed her attitude, and the way family influenced her. Hester is neither a remorseful
NEXT What Nathaniel Hawthorne did... and why you should care The writer Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on the Fourth of July in 1804 and went on from there to establish himself as one of the great contributors to American literature. Like Forrest Gump, he seemed all his life to be surrounded by history. He was descended from a line of notorious Puritans, including a judge at the Salem witch trials. His college pals included poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and future president Franklin Pierce. Henry
The Fallen Angel’s Venial Sins Margarita Georgieva writes about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s sin based fin in “The Burden of Secret Sin: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fiction.” She comments on Hawthorne's writing which includes The Scarlet Letter. In Hawthorne's novel Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth repeatedly transgress the religious laws of the Puritan society they follow. Hester's affair with Arthur Dimmesdale causes Roger, the husband whom she thought dead, to seek vengeance since