Pride of Hagar and Hester

Pride of Hagar and Hester Hagar and Hester both express the characteristics of pride. The expression of pride does differ and are similar in many ways. Such as how they show pride by and who are they proud of. Hagar shows pride by abandoning Bram, living individually and how she behaves around John, Marvin, and Doris. Hester also shows pride in many ways through either Pearl or how she walks around Boston showing everyone the …

…people of Boston. However people of Boston dislike her because of her scene (47), she continues to live because of her pride. Therefore, it does not hold much significance upon Hester’s life. Hester and Hagar both show pride through their children, their behavior with the people around them, but the pride has different effect on each of their live, where for Hagar it is a fatal flaw and for Hester it is a spectator characteristic.