Young and beautiful women who has brought a child into the world with an unknown father. This would be a sin that is a crime,therefore her punishment is that she is marked with the letter "A" for adultery.

Hester Prynne

She stands tall and proud before the townspeople grinning because she is unashamed of her "crime". She is rebellious, independent, intelligent, and capable which are some of the qualities that shape the story to be extraordinary.