Change In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” –Socrates. This quotes talks about that when your trying to change, you don’t want to waster all your time on changing the past, but start putting effort onto starting to change your future. This quote has to do with Hester because, even though Hester is being humiliated and judged because of what she did, she still makes the best out of situations. For example, despite the that A that she has on her chest, she still goes out and gives food to the poor, and knits clothes for them. Three ways in which Hester has changed, is when she takes off the scarlet letter, her personality has changed, and when Hester learns what she did was wrong and accepts what she had done. The first way in which Hester changes is when she takes off the scarlet letter. Hester takes off the scarlet letter when she and Dimmesdale are in the forest. They talk about leaving with Pearl. When they’re talking about it Hester says, “Let us not look back”. So once she said that she removes the scarlet letter and gets tossed into a stream. Hester says let us not look back and then removes the scarlet letter, because the scarlet letter reminds her of what she had done and what she has been through. Hester wants to start a new life so she removes the scarlet letter. When both Hester and Dimmesdale are out sitting in the forest and Pearl see’s Hester without the scarlet letter on and with her hair down, she refuses to go to her, because it’s like she doesn’t even know who she it. Pearl has always see the scarlet letter on her chest, and when its not there she doesn’t like it. Another way in which Hester has changed is her personality. …show more content…
Hester was being more active in the community and helping people out. Hester has been a bit more carrying since Pearl’s birth. She brings food to the poor, she helps the sick, and she knits the poor clothing, or anyone who needs clothing. Each day people are beginning to interpret that “A” that she has on her chest no longer as an “adulterer” but as “able”. Hester has become stronger since she got out of prison with her three month old baby. Pearl is what keeps Hester alive, she is what she wakes up to each morning. Hester has become less helpful to people. Hester is the one who is really killing Dimmesdale, but not letting him tell Chillingworth that he is Hester’s lover. Every day that goes by is more guilt that Dimmesdale has to take in. The last way in which Hester has changed is that she accepted her sin and has decided to move on from it. Hester tried to make the best of the “A”; she even embroidered it in gold with her sowing skills. Hester know that the sin she did will never go away, because of the reminder of the “A” that is on her chest. The time that she has accepted it was when she was at the Governor’s Hall, and when she was there she had dressed pearl up as her because of