The Scarlet Letter

what punishment do the women suggest would have been more appropriate and effective

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Several of the women begin to discuss Hester Prynne, and they soon vow that Hester would not have received such a light sentence for her crime if they had been the judges. One woman, the ugliest of the group, goes so far as to advocate death for Hester.

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