r is banished from everything, including sunshine. Hester¡s guilt, represented by the letter, deems her unworthy for the simplest of joys. She is constantly sensing the pain of her guilt, but she does not let it weaken her. Instead, her shame empowers her to overcome the rejection of society.
             She had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness¡KHer intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods¡KThe tendency of her fate and fortunes had been to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers,„o-stern and wild ones,„oand they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss. (174)
             Hester¡s punishment is her teacher, it allows her to be free, yet st
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