"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne- Hester Prynne's sterling qualities- 834 words

Introduction to thesis statement was a little short, could add a few more sentences. In early Puritan society, adultery was taken seriously. Two people who engaged in intercourse or had a baby before marriage were considered adulterers. The punishment for adultery was different than it is today for instance; today adultery is only punishable in a handful of stated. Puritan society looked at adultery in a whole other perspective. When a man or woman was …

…she was still a good person with valuable morals. Her actions proved that even though Hester was guilty of a crime, she held her head high and served her punishment without complaint. She wanted to raise her daughter to be a prime example of the Puritan way of life, and to spare her lover of any humiliation. Hester Prynne showed excellent qualities of character because of her endless devotion to both her lover and daughter.