The Scarlet Letter gets into the story pretty quickly. To me, this is kind of odd for the time period the story was written in. We get the backstory as we go along, rather than getting the backstory and then getting to the actual story.
I want to focus on the fact that Hester's sin is divulged early on in this book. What is the reasoning for the punishment of the sin? She is publicly shamed and confesses to the sin. Some see this as a good punishment because they should have killed her. Others have other reasonings. My personal though on the issue is that the punishment was given to her in order to maybe clear the consciouses of those in charge. They knew that she was a well liked person in the community and they didn't want to kill her for fear of what the people may have done. It also helps to make an example of her so that they can maybe stay in power.
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