Motivating factors and personal traits that set Hester’s image in the Scarlet Letter

Hester Prynne was the adulteress in the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Before she was punished for her sin, she was light-minded and passionate, which led her into committing the sin that changed her life. However, Hester faced her punishment bravely and leaned a lesson from it. After she was released from prison, she lived an important life. Her good nature, ability, and perseverance, along with her motivations to raise her daughter Pearl, and the desire to make up for her sin allowed Hester to assume a new identity and cleanse the image of her character.
Although considered sinful, Hester was never an evil person. In fact, it was exactly the opposite - she had a lot of love to give. Obviously, she could not give it to her husband Chillingworth, because he was away; therefore, she gave it to Reverend Dimmesdale and unfortunately established an illegitimate relationship with him. Although her first encounter with Dimmesdale was not depicted in the book, her secon...