1. The Scarlet Letter - Law and Morality
... impose. We can see her refusal through her revision of the letter, her choice to change the original significance of the scarlet "A" into something that is interpreted differently than the meaning given by the law. By the second chapter of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is deemed a criminal and ostracized from the community. From then on, the reader is meant to interpret Hester ... to do so. This choice shows her continued defiance of the moral office of the letter. When Hester chooses to return to America, she takes up the role of a replacement for the late Dimmesdale. Throughout Di...
- Word Count: 1195
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School