Hester Prynne
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The character of changed significantly throughout the novel
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. , through the
eyes of the Puritans, is an extreme sinner; she has gone against the
Puritan ways, committing adultery. For this irrevocably harsh sin, she
must wear a symbol of shame for the res ....
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.... Her hair
is a glossy brown and her eyes deep-set, and black, her attire is rich,
carefully caressing her slender figure. The scaffold is a painful task to
bear; the townspeople gathered around to gossip and stare at Hester and
her newborn child, whom she suitably named Pearl, named because of her
extreme value to her mother. In the disorder of faces in the crowd, young
Hester Prynne sees the face of a man she once was fiercely familiar with,
whom we later learn is her true husband, Roger ....
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Word count: 1266
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
