“Whiteness” and the Gendered Space: The Case of Hester Prynne in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter by Ayan Mondal

“…Thematically, the novel lends itself to universalist dimensions as well where, apparently, immediate social problems like that of slavery and Red-Indian intrusions do not come to the fore. The character of Hester Prynne is also one of the baffling intrusions into the so-called status of a stigmatised woman who transforms herself from the state of being “adulterous” to one of becoming “able”. …”
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Margaret Atwood´s Grace Marks as an Outcast: Rewriting Nathaniel Hawthorne´s Hester Prynne by Manuela López Ramírez

“…Both Grace Marks and Hester Prynne epitomize women’s oppression by the patriarchal system, and demonstrate how </span><span>they challenge and defy it. …”
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Espacios de la memoria: la subversión de un mito cultural en Los dramas de la letra roja de Suzan-Lori Parks / Spaces of Memory: Susan-Lori Parks Subverts a Cultural Myth in The Re... by Antonia Rodríguez Gago

“…En estas piezas se subvierte el mito cultural de La letra escarlata (1850) de Nathaniel Hawthorne al re-encarnar a Hester Prynne en dos protagonistas afro-americanas: Hester, la Negrita, en En la sangre (1997) y Hester, la Abortista, en Jodida A (2000). …”
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The Conflict Between Life and Death Instinct in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne by Albertine Minderop, Syarif Hidayat

“…This study aims to show how Hawthorne uses characterization techniques and figurative languages such as metaphor and simile to describe the mental state of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne's characters. This study uses a qualitative method with a psychological approach. …”
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Why Research Retraction Due to Misconduct Should Be Stigmatized by Guangwei Hu, Shaoxiong Brian Xu

“…Many of us may remember Hester Prynne, the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s <i>The Scarlet Letter</i>, who was stigmatized for conceiving a daughter out of wedlock [...]…”
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Female’s Silent Resistance against Hegemony in The Scarlet Letter, Bekisar Merah, and Belantik: A Comparative Analysis by RB. Edi Pramono

“…Lasiyah, the protagonist of Bekisar Merah and Belantik, and Hester Prynne, the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, experienced those hegemonic values that were oppressive, from their patriarchal societies i.e. …”
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Rikki Ducornet Revisits Hawthorne: "The Stain" or a Time for ‘Sexts’ by Aristi Trendel

“…Her main character Charlotte unmistakably points back both to Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl. In this dialogic enterprise Ducornet attempts to show what Hawthorne gives secondary focus to: the construction of the heroine’s identity. …”
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Creative Agency in The Scarlet Letter by Tia Byer

“…This article provides a critical analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s employment of artistic defiance in The Scarlet Letter. In reading Hester Prynne’s artistic ability and theological dissent as tools of creative resistance, the article claims that Hawthorne uses self-expression to critique Puritan values. …”
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MORAL VALUES OF MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY IN THE PURITAN ERA: A STUDY ON NATHANIEL HAWTHORNES THE SCARLET LETTER by Didik Rinan Sumekto

“…This study aimed at revealing and discussing the life of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne as depicted in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, which adopted the moral values set in the past nineteenth century Massachusetts society. …”
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The scarlet letter and postmodernism by Asim Karim

“…It will be argued that resistance and opposition to this phenomenon is pre-eminently demonstrated not only by the most marginalized Hester Prynne, but also by Arthur Dimmesdale who has been one of the beneficiaries of these metanarratives. …”
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EXPLICATING FEMALE BODY AS A GEOGRAPHY OF MEMORY: THE COMPARATIVE SILENT REBELLION OF THE PSYCHE IN CHOPIN AND HAWTHORNE / KADIN BEDENİNİN HAFIZA ÜZERINDEN TEFSİR EDİLİŞİ: SESSİZ... by Esin Kumlu

“…One of America’s first mass-published books, The Scarlet Letter’s protagonist Hester Prynne illuminates the geography of the female body that rebels against the cultural memory through wearing the letter ‘A’ on her gown at all times that signifies ‘adultery.’ …”
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“The Scarlet Letter". An Aporetics of Reading and Judgment by Corrado Confalonieri

“…Diviso tra l’identificazione con il personaggio di Hester Prynne e la drammatizzazione del proprio ruolo di giurato popolare che lo inscrive nella comunità interpretativa interna al testo, il lettore di The Scarlet Letter assiste al realizzarsi, in sé, di una scissione tra voler-leggere e dover-leggere tale da minare alle fondamenta lettura e, dunque, giudizio; tutt’altro che maestro diretto di imparzialità, il romanzo svela, attraverso una calcolata strategia retorica, l’esser-situata di ogni prospettiva giudicante, l’inconsapevole assunzione di un punto di vista opposto agli investimenti emotivi cui il testo stesso invita: la tirannia dello sguardo, insomma, è a sua volta sottomessa al potere di un meccanismo che dello sguardo orienta l’angolazione, costringendo l’osservatore a prendere coscienza di quanto la sua visione non sia tanto esito di una scelta quanto, piuttosto, di un’originaria cecità. …”
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