Outside of this door, however is a rosebush that represents Hester's beauty and elegance which is covered in "thorns"" that will only harm her and cover up her immense exquisiteness. ... Throughout the town, Hester's sin was not represented as an act of passion as Hester deemed it. ... "Ceasing to do evil is the most that can be asked of a human " (Howells- Hawthorne's Hester Prynne). ...

• Word Count: 1733
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate