The Scarlet Letter: Chapter By Chapter Review And Analysis

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using the pillory, which would lock
a person's head and hands together where they could not move and be forced
to not be able to show their humiliation. “No outrage more flagrant to
forbid the culprit to hide his face from shame,” is in Hawthorne's
commentary on page 53.
Hawthorne's commentary appears twice on this page (about more than
one topic) and you can see them in my highlighted sections. What really
got to me was the second highlighted section on that page where Hawthorne
is comparing/contrasting the nurturing image of a mother and her son to
Prynne. The passage speaks of Prynne's sin tainting the image, therefore
the crowd was lost for Prynne's beauty and the infant's innocence. I think
the passage is beautiful in that it made me think about how society plays a
role in interpreting what is good and bad.

CHAPTER 3- The Recognition-
The recognition came when a mysterious wanderer met eyes with
Prynne. Through the vagabond we find out why Hester Prynne has the ...

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was the husband to Prynne when she cheated on him
in the act of adultery.
Mr. Chillingworth told her that their marriage was really never one
of love, and he didn't show any hate towards her in the prison interview.
They established that they wronged each other. I think they both have
valid points. He wronged her by marrying her when it wasn't out of love
and she wronged him by cheating on him. Mr. Chillingworth continued and
said that he wanted to know who her lover was but she didn't tell him so he
made a deal. If Prynne would never reveal that he, Mr. Chillingworth, was
ever married to her, he wouldn't harm her lover. But if she told her lover
who he was, then Mr. ...

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