Scarlet Letter & Hester

One Letter Closer to God It is adequate to begin a composition of this caliber with the quote, “It (the scarlet letter) had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself” (56). This confinement, undoubtedly, keeps Hester closer to God than without the scarlet letter attached to her bosom. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, an extremely religious book, the letter ‘A’, which was …

…which the letter laid out for her in life. Even when put in adversity, Hester used the power of the letter to help others, just as God would do. The letter was deceiving to the society, as it was first placed on her to make her a social outcast. Hester, and others in the community, had to seek within themselves for the power of God, or in this case, the power of the scarlet letter.