The Scarlet Letter

Is a portayal of feminist power and shows how a woman, Hester Prynne was able to deal with being scrutinized and ridiculed by the people of her town. She did not buckle, she stood brave and was not ashamed. When she is leaving the jail cell in the beginning of the story, the townspeople see her coiming out with her head held high and her holding he baby firmly to her chest. A woman who is ashamed of her past sins, including cheating on her husband and having a baby by the other man would not have a stance like that. I think the book has an feminist undertone, Hester took responsibility for her so called sins and was not broken by it.