The Scarlet Letter-Ch.2 The Market-Place

The Puritan society is strict. It can be known as political, moral and religious combining to rule the society. At that time, stepping on the scaffold and becoming the focus among the town people is ashamed and is horrible as to death. In chapter two, it goes to the main story. The main charater, Hester Prynne walks out the prison door with a scarlet letter A on her bosom and carries the three- month old baby. The letter A is a symbol of disgrace. Hawthorne gives a very detail of the appearance of Hester Prynne. "She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regualrity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes. She was a lady-like, too"(50). After the days Prynne in the prison, she still looks better than the gossip women. Also, the letter A makes her shown out more.