... things. Public displays of a person's crime were common. Some may think that the simple task of wearing a scarlet letter is no big deal, but try to raise a child who questions almost everything while wearing the letter. Her town branded Hester for all that saw her to know of her sin. Before the trial and the standing on the scaffold, Hester was viewed as a nice, pretty, young, puritan woman whom ... no one would really expect of committing this adulterous act. The frowns, the scoffs, the casual comments, the seclusion, the whispers ... is enough to drive a man insane. It is no wonder t...

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