A Study of a Character: Hester Prynne in The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She silently protected herself, refused to answer during the ministerial trial, firmly looking at the scaffold through her sad eyes. At this point in her life, she was sentenced eternally for wearing a symbol of shame on her chest. I changed her life. She returned to her house, left the town, and continued with her daughter Pearl on her side of her lifestyle through her sorrow.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "red letter", the pearl is the daughter of Hester Purine, a product of the affair between Hester and pastor Arthur Ding Mesdale. Hester Prine married Roger Chillingworth, he regarded himself as a widow of adultery. Hester was sentenced to commission for adultery and was laughed at, but she decided to protect the pearl and to live with him. This shows that Hester sacrifices everything for pearls. That is the most important thing in her life. This means that for Hester, pearls are more important than worldly goods and reputation. In the comparison of pearls and heaven, it emphasizes the Christian model, where mother's love for children is a form of Christian's godly attitude, and adultery crime is more faithful to God in the eyes of God than Hester It is not.

Pearl is an iconic character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter. Pearls are the result of their secret sins, daughters of Hester Prynne and Arthur Ding Mesdale. Evil pearl mother forced her to wear the letter "A" and the scarlet of the embroidery on her chest, so everyone knew her infidelity. Pearls are mainly described in other novels by other letters, but the behavior of pearls also plays an important role in alienation. Because of this sign, she is different from the whole society, so she can not live a normal life. At first sight, the inhabitants of the city saw a red word at first sight. As you can see in this sentence, society always considers scarlet letters as a barrier between them and Hester. Hester 's behavior shows how affected by her alienation. "Solitude