Hester's Power In The Scarlet Letter

“Be strong for me!” answered he, “Advise me what to do,” “Is the world then so narrow?” exclaimed Hester Prynne, fixing her deep eyes on the minister's, and instinctively exercising a strong power over a spirit so shattered and subdued, that it could hardly hold itself erect”(163) is definitely the most interesting part. This point of the novel was most interesting because the dominant roles were reversed in that the male character now looks to the female for strength and guidance. Artistically it is interesting to read the words Hawthorne uses to show Hester’s power over Dimmesdale. WIth this, the author is showing his purpose, to entertaining the reader, because Hester and Dimmesdale finally talk, after, seven years of diverted eyes to