ribed as "grim and grisly". Hawthorne
             has a very critical attitude towards the Puritan society and way of life. Their
             strict laws and punishments are motivated by their religious beliefs.
             3.) Hester seems to have "made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which
             she was enveloped". Hawthorne describes Hester Prynne as being a proud and
             beautiful woman as she stands clutching her daughter in her arms.
             4.) As Hester remains on the platform under full public gaze, her mind wanders
             back to her childhood days with her parents and the life she had with her
             Chapter 3: "The Recognition"
             1.) Hester recognizes a man that goes by the name of Roger Chillingworth. She
             saw "a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes
             2.) The man that not only recognizes her, but terrifies her, calls himself Roger
             Chillingworth, a pseudonym he has chosen for himself. In reality, he is Roger
             Prynne, the legal husband of Hester Prynne.
             3.) Not only are the men "above" her in society because they are reverends,
             but they are literally above her. The two men, Reverend Dimmesda
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