In the second chapter the plot begins. The plot starts with Hester Prynne (Not a dude, sounds like a guys name, but its not!) stepping out of the prison with the whole town staring at her. On her chest she had a big scarlet letter, the letter was an "A". It stands for “adulterer”, this was because of the sin she had committed.
The letter is described as “so artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effort of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore” (pg. 50) and that it had “the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.” (pg. 50)
The letter "A" has the same color as the rose-bush, mentioned in chapter one. It has nearly the same effect as the letter does. It catches everyone’s attention and directs it to the sins of the world.
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