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A 5 page paper which examines the ways in which these female protagonists were oppressed by the men in their lives, explores their similarities and differences, the social conflicts of sin (Hester) and race/class (Lutie), and the contrasting outcomes these women faced. No additional sources are used.
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by oppression in various forms. Hester Prynne and Lutie Johnson are two strong-willed women who are trying to cope with oppression that comes from the men in their lives
as well as society. They have both left their husbands and are struggling to raise their children as single mothers while keeping their self-respect intact. Hester and Lutie
are solitary figures that have been isolated from the social mainstream for various reasons. Their objectives are essentially the same: They both seek security, to love, to be loved,
and to provide better lives for their children. Hester sought solace from a loveless marriage to a much older man in the arms of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. She conceives
a child, a daughter she names Pearl, and she is condemned by her townspeople for bringing shame to them all. She must live as a marked woman, forced to
wear a scarlet letter "A" to let everyone know she has betrayed God and her community. One female onlooker seemed to speak for everyone when she remarked, "This woman
has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die. Is there not law for it? Truly there is, both in the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let
the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves if their own wives and daughters go astray!" (Hawthorne 1333) But a defiant Hester endured all the stares,
barbs, and disapproval with a steely silence. She was not about to throw herself on the mercy of these people and beg for forgiveness, and with a "baby on
her arm, and, with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked around at her townspeople and neighbors" (Hawthorne 1334).
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