... Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel of conflict between a woman in love and the stern Puritan community in which she resides. Hawthorne illustrates that a woman who follows her heartbreaks the laws of the community. Hester Prynne leaves that community to reside in isolation with her illegitimate child. Hester always maintains her love, not for her husband, but the sinful love she has for her ... it as a badge of honor. It represents her individuality in a society of structured, conformist living. Hester Prynne, because she wears a sign of shame on the surface of her clothing, canno...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... , showing that it will always be a part of him and also when he talks to Hester about how they will not stay together in the future. Hester We find out that Hester Prynne has committed the sin of adultery and is condemned to wear the scarlet letter A on her clothing. She if forced to stand on the scaffold while everyone stares at her with shame ... not help believing, that it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts. She was terror-stricken by the revelations that were thus made" Hester realizes that others in the Puritan society most likely have committed terri...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School