Which work features a character named Hester Prynne?

Which work features a character named Hester Prynne?

• A. Moby Dick
• B. The Courtin
• C. A Rescue
• D. The Scarlet Letter

Answer: (D)

Hester Prynne is the central figure in a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel set in Puritan Boston, where she endures punishment for adultery and wears the scarlet letter A as a public symbol of shame. That character and story belong to The Scarlet Letter, making it the work that features Hester Prynne. The other titles follow different characters and plots—Moby Dick centers on Ishmael and Captain Ahab’s whaling voyage; The Courtin is a short piece about courting; A Rescue tells a different story—so they do not include Hester Prynne.

Hester Prynne is the central figure in a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel set in Puritan Boston, where she endures punishment for adultery and wears the scarlet letter A as a public symbol of shame. That character and story belong to The Scarlet Letter, making it the work that features Hester Prynne. The other titles follow different characters and plots—Moby Dick centers on Ishmael and Captain Ahab’s whaling voyage; The Courtin is a short piece about courting; A Rescue tells a different story—so they do not include Hester Prynne.