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I'm currently wrapping up The Scarlet Letter, and I'm totally loving it. Of course, reading the book has put the name Hester into my mind. I love Esther (and yet never really considered using it as a FN), but there's something about Hester that really attracts me. It might be that I just like the character Hester Prynne. So, I'd like your opinions on the name-- is it too harsh or "old" feeling, etc. WDYT?

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Also, a related question: based on The Scarlet Letter, do you think it would be weird to have a hypothetical son and daughter named Hester and Arthur? Does that fall into Romeo and Juliet territory? I kind of feel like it should, but then again, the minister is Dimmesdale to me, not Arthur. Do you think it's too much?

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Thanks in advance, guys. :)