Hester Pryne

1. Hawthorne‟s „The Scarlet
Letter‟
“ The Scarlet LETTER, so fantastically embroidered
and illuminated upon her bosom. It had the effect of a
spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with
humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.”
( Hawthorne)

2. Puritanical Question
• Hester – Dimmesdale – Chillingworth Trio
• Grace – Guilt – Envy
• Anatomy of the Letter ‘ A ‘
• Hester – Nature – Society
• Puritanical Irony
• Hester Un-withered

3. Roland Joffe‟s „The Scarlett Letter‟
• An attractive piece of art.
• The Digressions
a. Black/white/grey shades
b. The music score
c. The original end
d. The love-making-scene
e. The Scarlet Bird
• ‘ A ‘ is not for Adultery
• Tries to Answer questions Hawthorne raised in the 19th
c about 17th c puritan society.

4. Woman and Nature
• “In her nature lies the healing power which
replaces that which has been used up, the
beneficial rest in which everything immoderate
confines itself, the eternal Same, by which the
excessive and the surplus regulate themselves. In
her, the future generations dreams. Woman is
more closely related to Nature than man and in
all her essentials she remains ever herself. Culture
is with her always something external, a
something which does not touch the kernel that is
eternally faithful to Nature.” (Nietzsche)

5. Making a Room for
her own Self
Access to Education
Growth of an
Androgynous/
Incandescent mind
Blossoming