Being True To Oneself In The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a novel that takes place in a New England colony, depicts a lady named Hester Prynne who is being punished for committing adultery by wearing a scarlet “A” on her chest. Hester and her daughter, Pearl, live with disgrace and mocking from the colonists. Reverend Dimmesdale, Pearl’s father, is also being tortured by his deceptive friend, Doctor Roger Chillingworth, who is Hester’s …showed first 75 words of 565 total…

…showed last 75 words of 565 total…everyone despises her. If she would have been untrue to herself, she would have never known her true self and died an unhappy women. Nathaniel Hawthorne states, “Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!” Being untrue to one’s self leads to unhappy consequences. If one is true to himself, one lives a simpler life with happier consequences.