Chapter 2, 'The Market-Place'
Hester's iconic emergence: tall, dark-haired, with the gorgeously embroidered scarlet letter — 'so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom.'
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Hester emerges from prison carrying Pearl, the elaborately embroidered A on her breast, displaying defiant beauty rather than shame.
Chapter 3, 'The Recognition'
Hester stands on the scaffold facing the crowd and refuses to name her lover.
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