Adultery In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
Even though adultery is a pretty heavy sin, Hester Prynne really turns it around and makes herself the best citizen of Boston in the 1600s. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a girl, Hester Prynne, who commits adultery but doesn’t let that define who she is. In my opinion she ends up becoming the best citizen in the city of Boston in the 1600s. Even though she committed adultery with a minister and threatened to throw her daughter in a dark closest if she wouldn’t stop asking her questions, the good outweighs the bad by far. For instance she was a sister of mercy through the whole book, she ended up raising a pretty good daughter under the circumstances that she was in, and she didn’t let the scarlet A define who she was. Hester
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It was supposed to stand for adultery, and that is what the whole town saw it as. But Hester never let the A, and her sin affect who she was as a person. She could have easily let all of the shame and guilt get to her, but she didn’t, she fought through. In the book she says that instead of adultery the A has come to mean able for her. Because of the A, she is able to deal with this pain, grief, and shame that she is receiving from the rest of the town. She believes that the A has made her into a better person, because of its permeant place on her chest. Many people would have fled at the first chance they got to take off the A, but she was determined to not let this sin beat her. At the end of the book it states that women were coming to her for advice, and confess their sins to her.
In conclusion, even though Hester Prynne did commit adultery, and had a child with someone who wasn’t her husband, she is actually the best citizen in Boston in the 1600s. Through all of her pain in guilt she still was very charitable, and helped the community. Under the circumstances she raised Pearl very well, and to the best of her ability. Finally she never let the scarlet A define who she was as a person. She really taught everyone in Boston that just because you sin it doesn’t make you any less of a
It was supposed to stand for adultery, and that is what the whole town saw it as. But Hester never let the A, and her sin affect who she was as a person. She could have easily let all of the shame and guilt get to her, but she didn’t, she fought through. In the book she says that instead of adultery the A has come to mean able for her. Because of the A, she is able to deal with this pain, grief, and shame that she is receiving from the rest of the town. She believes that the A has made her into a better person, because of its permeant place on her chest. Many people would have fled at the first chance they got to take off the A, but she was determined to not let this sin beat her. At the end of the book it states that women were coming to her for advice, and confess their sins to her.
In conclusion, even though Hester Prynne did commit adultery, and had a child with someone who wasn’t her husband, she is actually the best citizen in Boston in the 1600s. Through all of her pain in guilt she still was very charitable, and helped the community. Under the circumstances she raised Pearl very well, and to the best of her ability. Finally she never let the scarlet A define who she was as a person. She really taught everyone in Boston that just because you sin it doesn’t make you any less of a