The term “feminist” is a woman who fights for her equal rights of jobs, education, politics, or even cultural differences in society. The Scarlet Letter contains many themes and allegories in which one of them is feminism. Nathaniel Hawthorne, an author and creator of dark romantics, wrote his novel, The Scarlet Letter, in order to convey a message that it is a feminist novel.  What makes up a feminist novel is who the story is centered around and about. That character is Hester Prynne, a woman sent by her husband to prepare their home in New England. She settles in a town of Boston, Massachusetts where it is a strict Puritan community and after her husband has not arrived within a few years leaving her to think that he lies dead. Her hardships and struggles to survive in the obedient town prove this statement that Hester is the sole symbol of feminism. …show more content…
The outcome of this adultery was a baby named Pearl where Hester has to wear the letter “A” as punishment and is shamed on the scaffold. Hester is proven to be a feminist due to the fact that she never reveals her lover’s name to the public keeping her head high and shows no remorse of this crime. She repeated shouts “Never” and continues with “My child shall seek a Heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!” which implies that she will not back down against the Puritan values and its community (Hawthorne 71). Hester’s punishment is finally lifted and she is freed from the prison yet she continues to wear the Scarlet Letter. Even while she was living at the outskirts of town, Hester manages to keep Pearl and herself well by working as a seamstress, sewing beautiful clothing and extravagant pieces to them. This clearly shows that Hester is in no need of a man to care for her and is capable of living by herself with