Hester and the Scarlet Letter

Hester is a character that is in control of her life. She is capable of choosing how she deals with her disgrace within her society and how she lets it affect her. Hester is an intelligent woman who knows how to handle herself and even Pearl while she is in her more crazed state. The main weakness that I saw with Hester was that at the wrong time her emotions got the best of her. She was clearly capable of avoiding getting into an affair with Dimmsdale but her emotions caused her downfall.