The Scarlet Letter By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
page 156
Hester has just told Dimmesdale he will not leave the town alone but only inferred that she might go with him.
"The tendency of her fate and fortunes had been to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, -stern and wild ones, -and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss."
Hester is free from worrying about what people think. Through all the pain of being isolated she came to a place of self reliance and self confidence. This is a universal statement that though we all will stumble and face trials, if we can learn from these hard times they will make us stronger.
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