This document compares the characters of Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter and Meera from Hindu mythology. Both women engaged in extramarital affairs - Hester with Dimmesdale and Meera with Krishna. They were seen as "spoiled women" by society and punished for their actions. However, over time both became famous for their spiritual devotion - Hester as the "town's angel" and Meera as the saintly devotee of Krishna. Ultimately the document argues that the situations faced by women are similar across cultures and time periods as human nature remains fundamentally the same.

1. Prepared by : Jasani Nidhi
Enrolment number : 14101018
Email : nidhijasani15@gmail.com
Paper : American Literature
Department of English M.K.B.
University
SUBJECT: COMPARISON OF HESTER WITH
MEERA

2. CHARACTER OF HESTER (POSITIVE)
• Hester is a woman who punished by
society
• Hester is responsible woman and a
good mother .
• Hester is a real character.
• She tries to save her lover.
• She always support her daughter.

3. CHARACTER OF MEERA
Mira was always busy in worshiping Krishna
She is saintly figure
People think that her love is spiritual love for
lord Krishna
Meerabai also know for her song and hymn,
special for Krishna

4. CHARACTER OF HESTER (NEGATIVE)
• Herter is not faithful to her husband.
• She having affair with Dimmesdale.
• She is the reason of her husband's
death. ( guilt conscious of
Chillingworth )
• She also responsible for death of
Dimmesdale. (guilt conscious of
Dimmesdale)

5. CHARACTER OF MEERA
(ACCORDING TO BOOK CUCKOLD)
*Cuckold is written by
Kiran Nagarkar
•l
* The meaning of the word
‘cuckold’ is ‘a man whose
wife is unfaithful.
This book is against the
history of Meera. In our
school textbooks.

6. WHAT IS IN THE CUCKOLD?
In the book we found that a Rajput prince
in the 16th century is faced with question
that – someone whose beautiful bride
(Meera) refuses to let him enter her bed
claiming because she is in love with
someone else – the Hindu god, ‘Krishna’
(not spiritual but physical love)

7. CHARACTER OF MEERA
She is not faithful to her husband Having affair
with another man, Krishna.
As a queen of Mevad her behavior is not
appropriated.
She dance with group of saint in the street of
Mevad.
As queen she must have maintain her public
image as queen.
Maybe Meera was the reason of her husband’s
death.

8. • Meera was unfaithful to Bhoja
Raja.
• Meera love Krishna. (as person,
not god)
• Bhoja Raja knows about love
affair of Meera, so he becomes
mentally disturb and unsound.
He cannot beare it that’s why he
was died.
• She was also spoiled woman and
get punishment (according to
Bhoja Raja and Ranaji)
• She also live alon.
• Hester was unfaithful to
Mr. Chillingworth.
• Hester loves Mr. Dimmesdale.
• Chillingworth committed suicide
(because of guilt consciousness)
• She is punished because she is
“spoiled woman” (according to
society).
• Because of her punishment she
must have to live in forest (Alone).
COMPARISON BETWEEN HESTER AND MEERA
* Hester * Meera

9. SIMILARITY…
Hester
She does not attend church,
nor does she believe in
religion.
At the end of her life Hester
achieve name of ‘Angel
Hester’. People called her as
‘Our Hester and’ and town’s
Hester
Meera
She believe in religion
and singing hymn
Meera became famous
as saint Meerabai.

10. • In case of both , there love is
spiritual love because Krishna
is connected with spirituality
or known as god, same Mr.
Dimmesdale was priest .
(according to society)

11. • At the end of my discussion,….
• We can says that situation of women is
same whether it’s in India or America.
• Everything is same in the world because
after all human nature is same.
• Will power of both give them fame.
CONCLUSION