"Let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will always be in her heart." (pg. 49)
Explanation- This quote states that many of the townspeople do not feel sorry for Hester Prynne. Because of her sins she shouldn't just be allowed to walk around the town with her head held up high. They believe that Hester should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, meaning death. It is because of such people that the effects of sin can lead people to judge others without knowing the situation Hester could have been in.
Question- Why doesn't she just try to hide her A so that so that the townspeople will not judge her as much for her actions?
"Here, there was the taint of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life, working such effect, that the world was only the darker for this woman's beauty, and the more lost for the infant that she had bourne. (53)
Explanation- In this quote it seems to thoroughly describe how the effects of sin can further blemish her life. The town will never again see a beautiful woman but her place a lecherous adulterous whore; who does nothing but sin all day. And now Hester's child has now lost its innocence due to Hester's actions. Now the child is nothing more than representation Hester's sin to herself and the town.
Question- What has happened in Hester's past to make her visualize about it?
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