1. We first see Hester Prynne on page 47 when she is coming out of jail. She "repelled him, by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air, as if by her own free-will." (47). Do you think this independent and self determined nature will affect her actions later on in the book? How do you think it impacted her past?
2. What is the importance of the A she is wearing on her chest? It says the A is "greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony" (47), does this speak to her character? Her past (like her background story)??
3. While everyone was expecting Hester Prynne to come out of prison looking poor and disheveled, she ends up coming out beautiful and in a fancy dress. Is her fancy outfit simply disguising her true feelings? What is the importance of this and what do you think is going on in her head at that moment?
4. What does this person mean why he says: "Do not let her hear you! Not a stitch in that embroidered letter, but she has felt it in her heart." (49)?
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