Hester Prynne: A Waste or a Magnificent Woman Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the spirit of Hester Prynne, a young woman living in early Puritan Boston, manifested itself to the reader. Hester committed a sinful deed with the reverend of a Puritan Church; for this she was sentenced to wear the scarlet letter ‘A’. It is, however, from the objective mind of the reader that Hester might be labeled a magnificent woman. Hester’…showed first 75 words of 725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 725 total…was a relapse to her youth. All though she had slowly seen the effects of Chillingworth’s daily doings, it was only when she was mature and strong enough to realize what she had done that she could do the responsible thing by telling Dimsdale the truth. Hester Prynne proved that she was considerate, selfless, persistent, talented, patient, responsible, and mature. All of these qualities she exemplified well, for that she is a magnificent woman.