The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet letter starts off by telling of the surroundings and bad conditions of the prison. The only decent image of the prison was a rosebush. Hester Prynne was in prison for committing adultery and was to wear the letter “A” on her dress because of her sin. She was brought in front of the crowd for three hours, so that she could be disgraced for her crime. She began to have flashes of her childhood. She was too proud and beautiful to feel disgrace.
Hester was married to a scholar. She came from Europe to Boston about two years ago and her husband was supposed to follow. Instead the Indians held him captive. Part of Hester’s punishment was to confess her partner in sin, but she refuses to. Hester’s husband Chillingworth was also in the crowd. Hester was with her baby who was born in sin.
She was sent back to the prison and her nervousness and anxiety attacks were obvious. Her husband was finally brought in as a physician to treat her. It was obvious that their marriage relationship was unemotional and had no sign of love. Her husband wanted her to say who the father of her child was but she refused to tell. He promised he would find him and hurt him if she doesn’t say. Chillingworth made her promise not to tell of their relationship or else he would harm Pearl’s father. They both confessed they had wronged each other. The worst was his age and his derformity and marrying someone much younger. Hester was released from prison . She had a choice to stay where she pleases, but chose to stay around Boston. She lived in seclusion , almost never visiting the outside world. Hester had to wear the scarlet letter for the rest or her life, so she lived in shame and in her mind she remained in prison. She had little work sewing for people.
Hester’s daughter Pearl, was very difficult to handle. She never obeyed the rules, and she lived without friends. She was interested in finding out who her ...