The Flamboyant Hester Prynne
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Hester Prynne is a very well recognized character in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. She is a character about whom much gas been written such as, Toward Hester Prynn, by David Reynolds, and The Scarlet A, Aboriginal and Awesome, by Kristin Herzog. Reynold"s essay dealt with Hester as a heroine, who is an artistic combination of disparate female types. Herzog"s essay dealt with the idea that Hester is both wild and passionate, as well as, caring, conservative, and alien. Towards Hester Prynne, by David Reynolds, expressed Hester as a heroine composed of many different stereotypes of females from the...
authors in their opinions of Hester. In the novel Hester is a typical housewife, staying home and taking care of the kids, except for the letter she has to wear and deal with from day to day. She was also stereotyped as a passive voice in both of her relationships: one with the reverend, and one with Chillingworth. Chillingworth controlled her to keep his identity a secret and Dimsdale was in enough control to keep Hester from telling that he was her partner in sin. These are both examples of common stereotypes of women during the pre-civil war period.

authors in their opinions of Hester. In the novel Hester is a typical housewife, staying home and taking care of the kids, except for the letter she has to wear and deal with from day to day. She was also stereotyped as a passive voice in both of her relationships: one with the reverend, and one with Chillingworth. Chillingworth controlled her to keep his identity a secret and Dimsdale was in enough control to keep Hester from telling that he was her partner in sin. These are both examples of common stereotypes of women during the pre-civil war period.
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