The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynn was strong. She was strong enough to board a strange ship sailing to a new world. She was strong enough to actually be hopeful, to really believe in a chance. That, in my own opinion, is a rare thing indeed. Hester plays the e in Nathaniel Hawthorne's great American classic, The Scarlet Letter. Published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter tells a story of passion, hope, and tragic misunderstanding. Set against the …showed first 75 words of 1810 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1810 total…a classic, and it's easy to see why. With so many elements of love, irony, and fear, one can see how a classic can be born. It attempts to explain the unexplainable. It says so many things with so much grace, and really attempts to move you. Hope is faith, and love is . "Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!"