Hester Prynne Essay Examples

During the time of the events that the book states that the story is set is the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth to a daughter through an affair and...

Imagine making one mistake and having people shame you for it for the rest of your life. In this situation a person would 100% feel bad for themselves and possibly turn to extreme measures just to get out of the nightmare. Although this may seem...

In the sixteenth century, the Puritans followed John Withrop to Mass Bay Colony for religious freedom away from the Church of England. This religious freedom quickly turned into religious tyranny as Puritan punishments were made to humiliate “sinners”. The main protagonist in The Scarlet Letter,...

The Scarlet Letter is perceived as an old book with old values, but that could not be further from the truth. It contains forward-thinking ideas that challenge the setting of the novel (a Puritan colony). The main character of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne,...

Would you punish someone for life for something they were sorry for? In the book, The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne which was set at Boston in the 1850s. Hester Prynne, who is the main character committed adultery which gave her a baby girl. The...