Lavender's AP Lit Class Blog
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ScArLeT LeTtER
Hester’s life in the Scarlet Letter is the worst of anyone’s. She had not sinned alone, yet she faced the public blame without support from her paramour or fellow sinners. Her husband, Chillingworth, is the one who put Hester through the pain of an unhappy marriage in the first place, and now he condemns her for abandoning him. At the time of Hester’s adultery, she is in love with Dimmesdale. Yet after she is impregnated and forced to show society her disloyal actions, Dimmesdale leaves Hester alone and joins the rest. I have sympathy for Hester. She was forced to marry a man she did not love and when he left her, she couldn’t help falling for another man. In today’s society, although it is still looked at as a sin, adultery is more common and less of a shock. Poor Hester had her lover abandon her, her husband condemn her, and the town mock her. I just wish Hester could have someone to confide in without being judged. Society’s punishment is too harsh for Hester’s actions.
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i agree with her, but i also think chillingworth has been really bad to her too.
ReplyDeleteThey all have put her at thought however that is not the case. HE WAS DEAD> SHE DIDNTLIKE HIM>. HE NEEDSTO GET OVER HER> the only people who care would be her dumb parents and HE BECAUSE HE IS ALONE>. qand dimmseldaleee. is a weak geek
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. It is sad to think that such harsh punishments could be put upon Hester the way that these punishments are. It's true she was not in this alone and she did think her husband was dead so her intentions were not to sin or to hurt anyone she just merely fell in love.
ReplyDeleteYES. Dimmesdale is to scared to suffer the blame that he has sinned so he is having Hester take all the blame. yet he wants Hester to reveal that he is the lover, but she won't. Hester is suffering too mush for what she did. and she is about to take it out on her self and Pearl, by killing them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the punnishment being too harsh but I really think the worst part about it is that Roger Chillingworth is trying to hurt her so badly. I think he is the real reason the punishment is so bad. Also, Dimsdale isn't helping things by not confessing.
ReplyDeleteYou've managed to stir up a lot of sympathy for Hester, Jessi. Well done!
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