Hester Prynne as Puritan Victim in Nathaniel Hawthornes Scarlet Letter

The cherry Letter - Hester Prynne as Puritan Victim In the first several(prenominal) chapters of The Scarlet Letter we can understand Hester Prynne to be a skilful but misunderstood soul. Labeled as an adulteress, she is the victim of the Puritan lifestyle. A person with many positive traits, she is treated as a dread(a) person for one unholy act. Far from the evil woman that round of her neighbors see, Hester is a strong, proud and loyal person who resists the worst influences of her community. Once Hester has begun to support the scarlet letter in public and is interrogated, she holds out against the preachers in a great display of strength. Reverend Dimmesdale is the first to try to entice her to give away her accomplices crap. After his sweet speech brings all the listeners into one accord of almsgiving (3 5), no one dares to think that she will not give the name of her partner. She withholds the name with determination, and even the goading calls of the cro wd do not train her waver. Probably the greatest example of her strength and perseverance is when the clergyman giv...