Hester Prynne Stereotypes

In the Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne shows both male and female stereotypical gender characteristics. In the Puritan Society it's mostly a mans world. Women are counted out of many events. The Puritan minister indicates that the soul has two parts, the masculine half and the feminine half. Hester Prynee is a perfect reflection of this Puritan theory. Nathaniel Hawthorne view Hester as the strongest character in the book. Hester is illustrated as a victim of society's gender roles and religious views, but even though she is an outsider, she doesn't let the towns judgements effect her.