The Scarlet Letter

In what ways does Hawthorne signify that the town beadle represents male authority?

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The town beadle enforces the laws of Puritan society. He imprisons Hester when she is pregnant, he makes her stand on the scaffold, he decides when Hester can go back into the community. The town beadle is always male and personifies authority in the village.