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Scarlet Letter: Why Hester Prynne would make a good mother

No, I don’t think that Hester Prynne would make a good mother. I say this because she is a bad role model for her child. Hester is a social outcast. Hester doesn’t have a father’s help with raising her child. Most importantly, Hester is an adulterer.
The fact that Hester is a social outcast is not good for a child, because all children need friends. Due to the fact that Hester is an adulterer, all people in the town look down upon her and her child, and make sure their kids don’t become associated with Pearl or Hester. Nobody plays with Pearl, forcing her to become an introverted, mischievous child. Pearl is the kind of kid now, who...

Posted by: Arianna Escobar

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