The Scarlet Letter

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's dark novel, The Scarlet Letter, a single sinful act ruins the lives of three people. None more so than Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman, who conceived a child out of wedlock and receives the public punishment of having to always wear a scarlet "e;A"e; on her clothing. She refuses to reveal the father of her child, which could lighten her sen...