This presentation is a part of my academic study in which paper of American Literature I tried to connect The Scarlet Letter with Indian myth and Modern India in the issue of Adultery.

1.  Presented by : Abulhasan Aabedi
 Roll No: 01
 M.A. Sem: 3
 Topic: Adultery in Indian Culture
 Paper no. 10 American Literature
 Enrollment No: 2069108420180001
 Batch: 2017-19
 Email Id: abediabul@gmail.com
 Submitted To: Department of English MK Bhavnagar
University

2.  The fine red cloth,
surrounded with an
elaborate embroidery
and fantastic
flourishes of gold
thread.
 The Malefactress.
 A symbolizing
adultery sin.

3.  Hester is punished with public humiliation.
 She stand strong during the 3 hours of her
sentence. Hester does not care what others think
of her and is not ashamed of her child. She takes
pride in her child.
 “God give her to my keeping,” repeated Hester
Prynne, rising her voice almost to a shriek. I will
not give her up.”

4.  The scarlet letter set
in Puritan town of
Boston and the Scarlet
Letter is a symbol of
not only Hester’s sin,
but the society that
she lives in.
 Puritan society’s high
values of living life,
Hawthorn portrayed is
as so called ‘reputed
society”
 Conception of sin and
punishment.

5.  It is not new concept
of crime and it was
not crime in our
Indian culture because
Indian Mythology have
many saucy tales
related to sexuality
especially in
Mahabharat.

6.  Mamta: The wife of
Rishi Usija, the elder
brother of
Brihaspati.
 Mamta’s first foetus
was Dirghtamas and
second was
Bhardvaja, the
father of Drona.

7.  Tara: wife of
Brihaspati.
 Tara’s adultery with
Chandra.
 Tara deny to come
back to Brihaspati.

8.  Ahalya: The wife of
Gautam Rushi and
Daughter of Brahma.
 Indra as Adulterous.
 Victimized Ahalya.

12.  To wind up, Through out the presentation, we
can say that Adultery is connected with Indian
Culture from Ancient India to Modern India.
So, why today’s society believe adultery as a
sin?
 We can say that it is Patriarchal discourse
behind sin but Supreme court remove 497
and make free women because women have
right on their body and will not be property of
men. So, now women becoming Hester
Prynne in India.

13. Thank You