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Hester prynne quotes
the scarlet letter hester prynne key quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| had there been a papist amongst the crowd... | he might have seen...an object to remind him of the image of divine maternity |
| she developed a freedom... | of speculation which ...would have been held a deadlier crime than that stigmatised by the scarlet letter |
| the torture of her daily shame | would at length purge her soul and work out another purity than that which she had lost; more saint-like because the result of martyrdom |
| Hester yet struggled to believe | that no fellow mortal was not guilty like herself |
| she deemed herself in a union that... | unrecognised on earth, would bring them together before the bar of final judgement and make that their marriage altar |
| the whole system was to be torn down... the very nature of the opposite sex... | ...is to be essentially modified before women can be allowed to assume what seems a fair and suitable position |
| the red infamy would give a sympathetic throb | as she passed near a venerable minister or magistrate, the model of piety and justice |
| owing to the peculiar effect of this convex mirror, the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, | so as to be the most prominent feature of her appearance |
| the young and pure would be taught to look at her... | ...as the figure, the body, the reality of sin |