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Hester Prynne, the young protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, is a woman condemned by her Puritan neighbors. The character has been called "among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature."

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Hester Prynne is a fictional character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter." She is a woman living in Puritan society who is ostracized and punished for having a child out of wedlock. Hester is known for wearing a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a symbol of her sin.

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