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Hester Prynne In The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a narrative revolving around the historical events of the fictional character Hester Prynne. Hester is a young Puritan woman who has been convicted of having an adulterous relation after becoming impregnated by a man in the recently settled colony of Boston, Massachusetts. Hester is tried and found guilty by the town’s council of reverends and officials which includes Arthur Dimmesdale, who is the most revered and loved reverend in the colony. Hester is sentenced to three hours of public humiliation, via standing a platform in front of the town, and a lifetime of wearing a scarlet A on her dress. While holding her daughter Pearl atop the platform, she spots her husband, who had sent her
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