When she removes the letter and takes off her cap in Chapter 13, she once again becomes the radiant beauty of seven years earlier. She is flawed, complex, and above all fertile. There are "fantastic flourishes of gold-thread," and the letter is ornately decorative, significantly beyond the colony's laws that call for somber, unadorned attire. The governor agrees that Hester is not a suitable parent and she protests that her daughter is her pain and happiness, and she will die before she gives her up. When asked by her daughter if the minister would talk to them when they are in and if they would join him like at the brook, Hester replies he won't meet them in public yet. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy, The input space is limited by 250 symbols. After she has an adulterous affair and conceives a child out of wedlock, Hester finds herself shunned for her sinful crime, but would do anything to make what's right about herself and her scarlet letter she was forced to wear. Dimmesdale, who is present at the public shaming, demands to her who her child's father is but Hester refuses to reveal his name. The first description of Hester notes her "natural dignity and force of character" and mentions specifically the haughty smile and strong glance that reveal no self-consciousness of her plight. Hester is alienated and lonely, with her young daughter Pearl as her only companion. A few months later, Hester was released from prison. Later that day, during dinner and when putting her to bed, Pearl kept asking her about the letter and did this the next day until Hester snaps and threatens to put her in a dark closet if she wouldn't stop bothering her. All is centered around a single act of forbidden passion that alters the lives of three characters, Hester Prynne, Reverend Walter Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hawthorne attributes this transformation to her lonely position in the world and her suffering. He is worried of the physician and him exposing his secret, so Hester convinces him he should flee Boston and start a new life in Europe. Is the Scarlet Letter a feminist novel? bookmarked pages associated with this title. Hester is even buried under a mobster engraved with the scarlet letter During the course of the story, Hester becomes a humble, charitable woman, yet was still forced to wear the scarlet letter. novel’s end, Hester has become a protofeminist mother figure to Hester is physically described in the first scaffold scene as a tall young woman with a "figure of perfect elegance on a large scale." He then turns to the crowd and confesses his sin by revealing his “A” shaped scar on his bare chest before he collapses. Hester Prynne gazed after him, looking with half-curiosity and half-bitterness. He makes her swear an oath that she will not reveal his identity to anyone. Hester Prynne is a strong female character in…, Wang, Yamin.