When I thought
aboutfrom The Scarlett Letter, the first song that popped into my head was
"She's a Beauty" by The Tubes.
Not every bit of the song is
applicable to Hester, but the following lines are:
She's a
beauty ---
one in a million girls,
she's a beauty.
Hester was certainly one in a million. Her original mistake, the
sexual affair that marked her as an outcast, made her that. But she didn't let that defeat her.
In fact, the way that Hester handled her separation from Puritan society made her an object of
fascination to the rest of the townspeople. The following line from the song relates to the
effect that Hester might have had on others who contemplated her actions and her
life.
You can step outside your little
world.
This is because Hester certainly stepped outside
of the little world created by the society she grew up in.
The link
below will take you to a Youtube version of the song. You have to put up with a few commercials
first.
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