Hester Prynne is a round character is a round character in that the reader is allowed to see many facets of her personality. She is human – neither totally good nor bad. Literary characters are those creations that permit artists to play deity – to populate a fictional universe with people and creatures of their own making. Characterization is the process by which an author fashions these fictional characters.Through use of great detail, the author “paints a picture in the reader’s mind.”