 Hester Prynne becomes stigmatized after committing adultery, and is doomed to live with the consequences forever.Hawthorne's themes, the nature of sin, social hypocrisy, and community repression, still reverberate through American society.Hester Prynne (Meg Foster) is a young, Puritan woman who commits adultery while her husband is in Europe, and, upon the birth of her illegitimate child, is subsequently condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life.