can you please read my response to : . Is Hester consistent in her rebelliousness?
In this story The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne to rebel from within the walls of her enemies’ territory. The rebellion is mainly an inner transformation. As she makes her rounds on the fringes of Boston. “In the cottage there were articles of comfort and luxury, such as Hester never cared to use, but which only wealth could have purchased, and affection have imagined for her. There were trifles, too, little ornaments, beautiful tokens of a continual remembrance that must have been wrought by delicate fingers, at the impulse of a fond heart.” (256) “Hester was seen embroidering a baby-garment, with such a lavish richness of golden fancy as would have raised a public tumult, had any infant, thus apparelled, been shown to our sobre-hued community.(256) She was outwardly humble and self – effacing, appropriately submissive. She survives by concealing her scarlet" A ". If there's deception her it is done out of love for others. “Hester Prynne was now fully sensible of the deep injury for which she was responsible to this unhappy man, in permitting him to lie for so many years, or, indeed, for a single moment, at the mercy of one, whose purposes could not be other than malevolent.” (23) The Pragmatic part of Hester knowing that if she was to permitted to live near her lover and raising their child , She must be seen as what the Puritans expect to see. She never confuses her identify with her inner self. So she consistently sees what she is doing and accepts responsibility for her actions.
She reborn with powerful vision and she have never shrinks from the power to see. Her power comes from within. She sheds the covering of submission appearing to others as able to capable of widen their vision and as well as her own. Hester new life is devoted to protected her daughter, in sense of protect her child is to protect emerging self. Hester seems to reborn in her child. “There is no law, nor reverence for authority, no regard for human ordinances or opinions … mixed up with that child’s composition “(99), Chillingworth says of Pearl. “ The child could not be made amenable to rules” (68), and in her utter disregard for authority, Pearl represents that part of her mother released into intellectual freedom by open acknowledgment of her mother’s sins.
Carried in Hester body is a reflect of Pearl that is behind the submissive self and many parallels in mother and child emphasize the connection. In this story sustaining energy is associated with rebellion; so much from that Hester’s new identity appears to have been created by defiance. Pearl conceived in a violation of all rules, acts out her feelings toward her mother, conscious of Puritan scrutiny does not fully reveal.Through the remainder of Hester ‘s life there were sign of something that the someone who lives a solitary life in prayer of the scarlet letter was the object of love and interest with some place of another land.
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Based on your response, it seems that Hester Prynne is consistent in her rebelliousness in the story "The Scarlet Letter." She rebels from within, mainly through an inner transformation. Hester outwardly appears humble and submissive, concealing her scarlet letter "A," but internally she remains rebellious.
To support this, you mention that Hester embroiders a baby-garment with lavish richness, which would have caused a public tumult in the Puritan community. This act of creating something beautiful and non-conformist shows her rebellion against the societal norms and expectations. Additionally, you mention that Hester deceives others out of love for them, indicating that her rebellion is driven by her desire to protect and care for others.
Furthermore, you discuss how Hester is fully aware of the deep injury she has caused to her lover, Dimmesdale, and takes responsibility for keeping his secret and allowing him to suffer. This shows her consistent rebelliousness in going against the expectations and norms of Puritan society, where honesty and confession are valued.
You also highlight how Hester's rebelliousness is tied to her identity and inner self. She does not confuse her outer appearance and the expectations placed upon her with her true self. She consistently sees what she is doing and accepts responsibility for her actions.
Another aspect of Hester's rebellion is seen in her relationship with her daughter, Pearl. Pearl is described as someone who cannot be made amenable to rules and possesses a disregard for authority. Pearl represents the part of Hester that has been released into intellectual freedom and acknowledges her mother's sins openly. This connection between Hester and Pearl enhances the idea of rebellion and defiance against societal expectations.
Overall, Hester's consistent rebelliousness is evident through her inner transformation, her deception out of love, her acceptance of responsibility for her actions, and her relationship with Pearl.