Monday, January 28, 2013
Hester = Ester?
I just wanted to add the idea I had of Hester's name being almost the same as Ester from the Old Testament in the Bible. I'm not sure if anyone had thought of it this way, but I had the idea when Hester went to the Governor to appeal to him for her to keep Pearl. This reminded me of the story of Ester when Ester decided to go meet the king in order to prevent a war with the Jews. Perhaps this reflects Hester in which Hester wants to prevent a horrible event from happening, in this case, losing Pearl.
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I also recognized that there might be some kind of biblical connection to the name Hesther. I'm not familiar with that story from the old testament but that sounds like a good comparison. I found this article online outlining the similarities between Esther's story and The Scarlett Letter, check it out!
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