Hester Prynne In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne, a proud spirit in the strong thresholds of a judgmental society Many people try and hide the things that hinder them. They hide them instead of displaying them; so they won’t be outcaste by the rest of society. Nowadays, people are very self conscience and worry about what many others think about them. It is very uncommon for a person to be proud or self-righteous, for something they had said or done that society thinks is unbearable. Sometimes, a person can disregard what everyone else is thinking of their actions, and instead show that it doesn’t matter to them. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter”, a common women in her society, does something that fills others with disgust and ridicule. Hester Prynne; already married,
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Hester doesn’t care what the townspeople are thinking or saying about what she has done, it doesn’t matter too her. Hawthorne writes that Hester casts the town-beadle’s arm off her shoulder, to show that she doesn’t need to be escorted out; she isn’t embarrassed, she’s proud of what she has done. Hawthorne implies that Hester doesn’t have to be forced out on the scaffold and that she is proud of what she has done, by saying that she steps out in front of everyone by her own free will. Hester is very robust with her proud personality and her actions and thoughts around other people will also reveal …show more content…
Upon being released from the prison, Hester has the option to go where ever she wants, Hawthorne states “free to return to her birthplace, or to any European land,” (73). Hawthorne also states “Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee.” (74). So even though Hester is given the opportunity to leave New England and go hide the letter and her sin, she chooses not to flee. Hawthorne explains Hester’s reasoning behind staying in New England by writing “Here, she said to herself, had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene of her earthly punishment; and so, perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul, and work out another purity than that which she had lost;” (74). Basically Hester is explaining that New England was the scene of her guilt so it should be the scene of her punishment, so instead of
Hester doesn’t care what the townspeople are thinking or saying about what she has done, it doesn’t matter too her. Hawthorne writes that Hester casts the town-beadle’s arm off her shoulder, to show that she doesn’t need to be escorted out; she isn’t embarrassed, she’s proud of what she has done. Hawthorne implies that Hester doesn’t have to be forced out on the scaffold and that she is proud of what she has done, by saying that she steps out in front of everyone by her own free will. Hester is very robust with her proud personality and her actions and thoughts around other people will also reveal …show more content…
Upon being released from the prison, Hester has the option to go where ever she wants, Hawthorne states “free to return to her birthplace, or to any European land,” (73). Hawthorne also states “Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee.” (74). So even though Hester is given the opportunity to leave New England and go hide the letter and her sin, she chooses not to flee. Hawthorne explains Hester’s reasoning behind staying in New England by writing “Here, she said to herself, had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene of her earthly punishment; and so, perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul, and work out another purity than that which she had lost;” (74). Basically Hester is explaining that New England was the scene of her guilt so it should be the scene of her punishment, so instead of