The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter

Is The Scarlet Letter a protofeminist novel? Had Hester not been a woman, would she have received the same punishment? When Hester undertakes to protect other women from gender-based persecution, can we interpret her actions as pointing to a larger political statement in the text as a whole?

Asked by emily t #469402 on 10/8/2015 5:09 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 10/8/2015 5:17 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 10/8/2015 5:17 PM

I think that, for the time, it was certainly a femenist novel. Check out this slideshare:

http://www.slideshare.net/goswamigayatri/feminism-in-the-scarlet-letter

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