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Analysis of the Hester’s Spirit of Resistance
in The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is regarded as the representative work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. As the first symbolism novel in America, It plays a very important role in American literary history. In this outstanding novel, Hawthorne presented us a beautiful and sad love story in the 17th century of puritan England. The author successfully created a rebellious image ---- the heroine Hester Prynne. There are various analyses of Hester’s character after the population of the great novel around the world.
The Scarlet Letter is about a rebellious female-heist novel. It revealed the heroine Hester’s spirit of resistance to the cruel society and the unfair fate by the description of tragic life of the heroine and the reproduction of the situation of women in Puritan society (Li yexia, 198 ). The heroine’s behavior infuriated the whole society, but the punishment which was given to Hester brought positive effect. Our brave heroine firmly believed that she was innocent and her love with the hero--Arthur was holy and pure. Nothing can prevent they from falling in love and nobody had right to punish them. During the time she was isolated by the citizens, she never changed his mind. That was a kind of rebelling which was expressed by silence (Xie lanwei, 3).
In my point of view, the Hester’s rebellious spirit mainly embodied in three respects.
Firstly, she has the courage to pursue true love in the conservative society. This is a kind of rebelling to loveless marriage. Even her husband who was regarded killed by Indian came back. Hester was still insisted on her love. She believed that woman has the right to seek her love and happiness. The people who fell in love with their faithful hearts were innocent. When the fate arranged her a kind of loveless marriage, she could shouted‘No’and rebel to the unfair destiny.
When she was brought to trail even was threatened by death, Hester insisted in her mind. She refused to
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