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2 unusual facts about Hester Prynne


Hester Prynne

According to popular tradition, the gravestone of Elizabeth Pain in Boston's King's Chapel Burying Ground was the inspiration for Hester Prynne's grave.

Prynne

Hester Prynne, the protagonist of the novel The Scarlet Letter


Arthur Dimmesdale

A Puritan minister, he has fathered an illegitimate child, Pearl, with Hester Prynne and seeks to hide the truth of his relationship with her.

King's Chapel Burying Ground

Elizabeth Pain, whose headstone is claimed to be the inspiration for Hester Prynne's in The Scarlet Letter


see also

Johanna Gadski

In 1896 she created the role of Hester Prynne in the fully staged premiere of Walter Damrosch's opera The Scarlet Letter in Boston.

Two Temple Place

Next Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” is represented by Hester Prynne and the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.