The Scarlet letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne explores sin and its consequences. ... A scarlet letter "A" is permanently placed on her dress to symbolize her adultery, and she is made to stand on the scaffold with her baby for several hours of public humiliation. ... Man had marked this woman's sin by a scarlet letter, which had such potent and disastrous efficacy that no human sympathy could reach her, save it were sinful like herself. ... Even though her life is difficult, Hester through her own doing rises above the scarlet letter "A" on her chest. ... His revenge isn't...

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