# Hester Prynne — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mistress Prynne, Prynne, Mistress Hester Prynne, Hester, Mistress Hester, Madam Hester, Madam

**First appearance:** 0003-i-the-prison-door

## Who they are

The protagonist, a woman forced to wear a scarlet letter for adultery.

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