The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very good example of how bad decisions can create failure. The protagonist, Hester Prynne, commits a crime of adultery. She cheats on her husband, and ends up being pregnant with another man's child. Hester's bad decision? Adultery. Her failure? A life of ridicule, harassment, and loneliness. She becomes a single mother with her daughter Pearl and constantly gets yelled at, things thrown at her, and is never truly excepted by the people in her town. A person might think of failure as losing a game or flunking a test, but Hester's emotional failure is just as bad.
Karma Isn't Kidding
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very good example of how bad decisions can create failure. The protagonist, Hester Prynne, commits a crime of adultery. She cheats on her husband, and ends up being pregnant with another man's child. Hester's bad decision? Adultery. Her failure? A life of ridicule, harassment, and loneliness. She becomes a single mother with her daughter Pearl and constantly gets yelled at, things thrown at her, and is never truly excepted by the people in her town. A person might think of failure as losing a game or flunking a test, but Hester's emotional failure is just as bad.
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Even though Hester may be considered a failure, she is still happy with her life, and she will still do anything for her daughter and her lover. So does she consider herself as a failure? Or do other people just think of her as a failure?
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good point. She was technically a failure, according to society, but her failures improved her life and made her happy personally because she was granted a daughter who she loved very much.
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