hild is. She declares, "I will not speak! And my child must seek a heavenly father; she shall never know an earthly one!" (Hawthorne 47). In this is same scene, the author connects Hester's openly displayed shame with Dimmesdale's secret shame by having both characters touch the spot where the scarlet letter is displayed (Smith). He also feels that, "what he and Hester did was inde
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