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SCARLET LETTER Chapter 2 -- The Marketplace
11. How does Hester bear the punishment of standing on the scaffold for this 3 hours? (What does she do to compensate?)
11. How does Hester bear the punishment of standing on the scaffold for this 3 hours? (What does she do to compensate?)
The ordeal is strenuous and difficult for Hester. She tries to make the images in front of her vanish by thinking about her past.
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