Scarlet Letter Essay

She may seem like an awful person at first, but later on Hester really turns out to be a wonderful person. Hester looks out for others, and she cares about them. She is also very loving and courageous. She shows love and courage all throughout the book. Hester Prynne commited adultery against her husband with another man, and now the town is making her wear a huge "A" on her chest. Some of the people in the town even think that she should be killed. Hester wore the scarlet letter with pride because she embroidered a beautiful design on the scarlet letter.
Hester shows so much courage throughout the whole book. One of the most important ways is that she doesn't fight back against the persecution at the beginning of the book. She just stood with her head held high, and let everyone see the scarlet letter on her chest. She also held her baby down below the beautiful scarlet letter that she embroidered. Hester showed a lot of courage by embroidering the scarlet letter. She made it stand out, and it was neat how she almost made the other people jealous by having such a fantastic letter on her chest.

In The Scarlet Letter, it says,

"On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate
embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.
It was so artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous
luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effect of a last and fitting
decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor
in accordance with the taste of the age, but greatly beyond what
was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony."

Hester is also very courageous by bringing up Pearl on her own for seven years without a father. It takes a very strong person to do this, especially having to bring up a child like Pearl, who is known as the "devil child."
Besides being courageous, Hester Prynne is also very loving. She loves knitting and she uses it to support herself and Pearl for seven years. It's obvious that Hester is very good at knitting too because at the beginning of the book it talks about how beautiful the scarlet letter was after Hester embroidered it. Hester also loves Pearl very much, even though the sight of her brings her heartache, but Pearl also brings her joy. In the book, Hester says, "She is my happiness!- She is my torture, none the less! Pearl keeps me here in life!" It is easy to tell by the quote that Hester really cares for Pearl, and Pearl also loves Hester dearly, too.

When Hester and Dimmesdale are in the woods talking, Hester says,

"Let her see nothing strange-no passion or eagerness-
in thy way of accosting her. Our Pearl is a fitful and
fantastic little elf, sometimes. Especially, she is seldom
tolerant of emotion when she does not fully comprehend
the why and wherefore. But the child hath strong
affections! She loves me, and will love thee!"

In The Scarlet Letter, Hester loves Dimmesdale too even though he basically shunned her for seven years. It is easy to see that Hester loves Dimmesdale because she could have taken the blame off herself some by exposing that Dimmesdale was the father, but she never did.
In conclusion, Hester Prynne isn't the person that she seems to be. Instead, she is much greater than that. She really loves and cares about peple, and she does well by showing it. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester loves Pearl and Dimmesdale very much, and she also cares about them. Hester shows her love for them many times throughout the book. Hawthorne most likely created Hester as a loving character to show the readers that love is very important. If Hester hadn't had love for people, she would have gotten nowhere. Her love helped her to be strong and courageous.