At first she was seen as an "alduterer",shamed and lookeddown upon for hersins....eventually she was seen as"able", respected by the people for being a strong prevailing women.
Another view of Hester was that she was a lesbian (gay).
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.
they thought of her as useful to the community as a seemstress
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.
Hester's full name in The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne.
Hester Prynne had to wear a red letter "A" for "adultery" (it was her sin).
Hester
Hester prynne was in prison for a few days
There is a sense of liberation on her and the townspeoples who had finally begun to forgive Hester of her tragic indiscretion .
Arthur viewed the people saw him as an adulterer after the meeting with Hester.
They viewed the a as meaning "Able"
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter the townspeople treat Hester with disgust over what she id and she basically ignores them in chapter 5.http://www.chacha.com/question/how-do-the-townspeople-treat-hester-and-how-does-she-react-in-chapter-5-of-the-scarlet-letter