The document summarizes a presentation about Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter and the character of Hester Prynne. It discusses how Hawthorne was interested in portraying female characters and how Hester Prynne, as the first female protagonist in the novel, is a mixture of passion and delicacy. It then examines Hester's adulterous affair which results in her public shaming, how she is tortured by her husband Chillingworth, and how she proves herself as a strong single mother, changing the meaning of the scarlet letter A she wears from signifying "Adultery" to "Ability" and "Angel", establishing her role as a fighter in Puritan society.

1. Presentation by: Dhruvi Chavda
Roll No.: 6
Semester: 3rd
Year: 2015
Paper Name: The American Literature
Topic: Hester Prynne as a Fighter in
Puritan Society
Submitted to: Department of English
M. K. Bhavnagar University

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne as a feministic writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply interested in
portraying womencharacter. It became critical argument for his work.A
quicksearch of the MLA bibliographyyields 128 entries under “Hawthorne and
Women” (not all treat fictional subjects)and another 111 on femalecharacters
in the tales and romances.
His ancestors include JohnHawthorne, the only judgeinvolvedin the Salem
Witch Trials, who never repentedof his actions. Nathaniel later addeda "w" to
make his name "Hawthorne" in order to hide this relation.
The Salemwitch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people
accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and
May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, mostof them
women.

3. Hester is the character of “THE SCARLET LETTER”

4. Hester
Prynne
First female protagonist
Mixture of passion and
delicacy
Masterpiece of Hawthorne

5. : Hester as a sinner :
Affair
with
Dimmesdale
Adultery
Sin
Public
Shaming
1 2 3

6. Hester as a object
Injusticeof
Dimmesdale
Torturedby
Chillingworth
Vessel of
feeling

7. Understand
human
nature
Proved
herself as a
single mother
Letter “A”
became stands
for “Angel” and
“Ability”
Fighterof
Puritan
Society

8. Video

9. Thank you…