Third post on The Scarlett Letter

As the story comes to a conclusion, the reputations of the main characters remain reflective of their positions. The reputation of Hester Prynne was terrible to say the least and it showed no improvement throughout the story; I had no expectation for these bellicose puritans to so easily forget one of the most hated people to ever live in the town. Hester decides that she has finally had enough and she decides that she wants to flee with Dimmesdale to England and away from where she is an exile so that she can live a normal life. She has realized that her reputation in society has truly taken a toll on her, as well as her daughter, Pearl's, lives. Therefore she has nothing to lose by leaving, however Dimmesdale still does have a great reputation in the town,  and he too realizes the strength of s good reputation and reallly does not want to lose it.