... 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 ... will be kept separate of law thus people are given more leeway compared to the Puritan society where religion is law. How was Arthur Dimmesdale affected by fai...

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