There is a sense of liberation on her and the townspeoples who had finally begun to forgive Hester of her tragic indiscretion .
Another view of Hester was that she was a lesbian (gay).
The women in the community are judgmental and harsh towards Hester because of her sin of adultery. They view her as a sinful and immoral woman, shunning her and treating her as an outcast. Their attitude is one of condemnation and self-righteousness.
They viewed the a as meaning "Able"
Arthur viewed the people saw him as an adulterer after the meeting with Hester.
they thought of her as useful to the community as a seemstress
In the beginning of the Scarlet Letter Hester is standing on the scaffold (a raised wooden platform) for the public to view for several hours, then she goes back to prison.
how wouldnt it affect the view of salem residents toward witchcraft?
I think Americans are open to change and are very much receptive to it. They adopt with the change very well, the reason why they are now holds the position of supreme power among the nations of the world.
In Chapter 7 of "The Scarlet Letter," the children want to harm Hester and Pearl by throwing mud and flinging epithets at them. They view Hester and Pearl as outcasts because of Hester's scarlet letter and their sense of moral superiority.
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Even a period of only a few decades can greatly change the historical context surrounding an eventPeople's points of view can change to suit changes in historical context.
Depends on how you see it. Hester gave in to her feelings regardless of her legally married husband (Who is AWOL until he announces himself to the reader), which is adultery and is seen as a sin to her people and religion. Hawthorne dislikes this view personally, and makes his view evident in his scathing monologues. One of his points is that Hester loves the man she adulterated with, and that her own husband is not the man she truly loves, as well as the shunning of her society to her.