hester prynne of scarlet letter
Hester Prynne is one of Literature’s finest and most notorious characters. Created by Nathaniel Hawthorn, Hester Prynne is a woman who committed the act of adultery and placed in jail. In the beginning of the novel, Hester creates a form of sympathy for her and her young daughter when emerging from the prison doors, the "ugly edifice. ... However, Nathaniel’s description of Hester is one to contrast the jail’s, she is a woman who “was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance.