Hester thinks about her past in order to endure her time on the scaffold. Lost in reminiscence, the harrowing scene before her eyes seems to vanish. Hester ...

Summary. The Puritan women waiting outside the prison self-righteously and viciously discuss Hester Prynne and her sin. Hester, proud and beautiful, ... Chapter 3 · Chapter 20 · Chapter 22 · Chapter 23

These chapters introduce the reader to Hester Prynne and begin to explore the theme of sin, along with its connection to knowledge and social order. The ...

Analysis. Hester has committed the sin of adultery, consensual sexual relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse. Because ...

Standing there, she thinks of her mother, her father, and an unnamed scholar (weird), and she realizes that her scarlet A will always mark her as an outsider.

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When chapter two begins, Hester Prynne has been found guilty of adultery. She has born a child of this liaison and is in prison with the baby, something ...

The grass-plot before the jail, in Prison Lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the ...

The Scarlet Letter Chapter 2 The townspeople talk about the prison's captive, a woman named Hester Prynne, who is being held for the crime of adultery.

The themes of sin and the social order are introduced in this chapter. We are also introduced to certain symbols and gain insight into how they connect to the ...