On page 131 in the Scarlet Letter I came across the quote, "Hester Prynne, there was neither irritation nor irksomeness. She never battled with the public, but submitted uncomplainingly to its worst usage; she made no claim upon it, in requital for what she suffered; she did not weigh upon its sympathies." This quote stuck out to me because it expresses Hester's feelings in a nut shell on her situation. She does not feel sorry for herself. Hester knows what she did is wrong and I am, sure there are many people who do not feel sorry for her, but the ones that do she does not want the sympathy, she seems to not even what her own sympathy. She also does not fight with the public and what they might have once said about her. Towns people most likely look at her like a disgrace, but she never fights back. In a way it seems like Hester worn her scarlet letter and deals with the fact that she has don't the act of adultery. There is nothing else left for her to do then except herself.
Hester seems to be coping well, whether she is putting on a front for the public and her daughter Pearl she manages to keep a positive lifestyle. Being depressed and hating herself would only make matters worse and I felt like this quote explained a lot of her coping styles. She did not let people in and let them bother her. She is carrying on with her life.
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