The Scarlet Letter is about a Puritan woman in Boston, .
Massachusettes, named Hester Prynne who .
commits adultry and is sentenced to wear a scarlet A on her .
breast. In result of the affair Hester Prynne had a little girl,.
Pearl. The letter "A" that was sown onto the bosom of Hester .
had become a symbol of sin and was intimately associated with .
her. Hester set forth towards her social life, which she thought .
God had appointed to her as punishment for her sins. The .
punishment received by Hester in the novel was based upon the .
Puritan religious, social, and governmental beliefs, structured .
into a single ideology, which was formed from their English .
experience and complete commitment to religion. .
Hester was a strong-willed and passionate young .
woman. She remembers her parents as loving guides who .
frequently had to restrain her unalert behavior. The fact that she.
has an affair also suggests that she once had an extremely .
passionate nature.But it is what happens after Hester's affair .
that makes her into the woman with whom the reader is .
familiar.Shamed and seperated from the rest of the community, .
Hester becomes scrutenized. She speculates on human nature, .
social organization, and larger moral questions. Hester's .
moderates her tendency to be rash, for she knows that such .
behavior could cause her to lose her daughter, Pearl. Hester is .
also maternal with respect to society. She cares for the poor .
and brings them food and clothing. To support Pearl and .
herself, Hester is a seamstress. She can make any kind of .
clothing ACCEPT WEDDING DRESSES. Since she .
commited adultry, Hester is forbid to make ANY kind of .
wedding dress. In chapter thirteen (13) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
refers to the scarlet 'A' as Able, because Hester has become.
very strong and open about her sin. She also starts wearing.
her hair in a hat and wears dull clothing, as opposed to her .
natural beuaty at the beginning of the book. .