Hester Prynne
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Hester Prynne is the resilient, ostracized heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, known for bearing an illegitimate child and defiantly wearing the scarlet letter “A” as a symbol of both shame and strength in Puritan New England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hester Prynne canonical | 19 |
| Pearl Prynne | 2 |
| scarlet letter A | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Scarlet Letter ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ public vs private morality ⓘ |
| childWith | Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1850 ⓘ |
| hasChild | Pearl ⓘ |
| helpsCommunityBy |
charity
ⓘ
nursing the poor ⓘ |
| letterMeaning | adultery ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Roger Chillingworth ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | focus of moral and social criticism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bearing an illegitimate child
ⓘ
committing adultery ⓘ public shaming ⓘ wearing a scarlet letter A ⓘ |
| occupation | seamstress ⓘ |
| relationshipToArthurDimmesdale | lover ⓘ |
| relationshipToPearl | mother ⓘ |
| relationshipToRogerChillingworth | estranged wife ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Puritanism ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony
|
| setInTimePeriod | 17th-century New England ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
ostracized woman
ⓘ
outcast ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
defiance of social norms
ⓘ
female independence ⓘ individual conscience ⓘ redemption ⓘ resilience ⓘ shame ⓘ sin ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| trait |
compassionate
ⓘ
dignified ⓘ independent ⓘ proud ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ |
| undergoes | public humiliation on the scaffold ⓘ |
| wears | scarlet letter A ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
scarlet letter A
this entity surface form:
Pearl Prynne
this entity surface form:
Pearl Prynne