Modern Day Scarlet Letters How would Hester’s scarlet letter compare to some of the scarlet letters of today? Would Hester’s act of adultery really be considered as bad as some of the other problems that occur in our world today? Hester’s actions today wouldn’t have received the same attention as they did back in her time. People today are much more accustomed to issues such as adultery because they constantly hear …showed first 75 words of 1097 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1097 total…and more severely. Even with all the differences between the past and today, but the social relationships and treatment of the people with the scarlet letters still remained the same. Even though they changed for individual cases they still related to one another. Contemporary scarlet letters are more serious than the ones from the ones in the past, but what the holders of the scarlet letter goes through still relates to what Hester went through.