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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis, entitled "A Study on the Elements of Feminism as Seen through
Hester's Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, is focusing on
the analysis of Hester's characters related to Hester's relationships with her lover,
the Puritan Tradition, and the Society where she lives in. From those
relationships, the writer finds out Hester's characters which reveal the elements of
feminism. In her analysis, the writer uses the background literature about the life
of Puritan women since the main character is a Puritan woman. Besides, the
feminist theory and the literary theory on characterization will also be used. The
writer uses the theory of characterization in analyzing Hester's speech, action and
the comments of other characters. The analysis discusses the elements of
feminism in Hester's characters dealing with the relationships between Hester and
her lover, the Puritan tradition and the society where she lives in. Eventually,
Hester shows that she struggles for her equality, independence and freedom. Her
strength, responsibility, and independence as a lover, a wife, an adulteress and a
single parent in facing difficult situation, defending her thought and her will and
making a decision, prove that Hester is the forerunner of feminism.