Do you consider The Scarlet Letter to be a feminist novel? Yes, I do consider this novel to be a feminist novel because it represents the strength and the independence we take on as women. In the story Hawthorne shows how women where seen as inferior to men. Hawthorne shows how Hester had to stand alone against society. In the story Hester says “when god is ready there will be a new world better world for women we will be the same as men”. In my opinion this is basically a cry for feminism meaning that one day us women will be seen as equal to men and as strong as them instead of men being seen better than us because there are some women who can do the things men do and maybe even better. What is your definition of a “feminist”? A feminist is someone who strong willed in any situation they are in. In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne explicitly exhibits a strong female character/feminist through Hester. In the beginning people would think Hester is weak, well she is actually a strong woman simply because of the things she did to not only protect herself but her family too. She was publicly shamed, forced to wear the shameful letter “A” and many other things. Throughout …show more content…
Knowing that keeping the baby and raising her on her own would be hard she still took on the challenge to do so. Since there was no one to help her, she took on a job as a sewer to get the things she needed for pearl. At work the townspeople would treat her horribly because of her affair. They called her names and belittled her every chance they got. Don’t get me wrong pearl wasn’t very easy to deal with either. Pearl would sometimes mock Hester Scarlet Letter, this would upset Hester at times because she didn’t want Pearl to know about her past. However, this didn’t Hester effect Hester, she felt that Pearl was a gift from god and no one could change that. Theses strong characteristics enabled her to take care of pearl on her