Part one of term paper
Chapter II (pg. 59, 60, 64) The isolation and courage that Hester Pryne felt when she walked to the scaffold to face reality brought out my deepest sympathy and respect for her. Hester, followed by a crowd of "stern-browed men," "unkindly visaged women," and "curious school boys," begins the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seems to ...

Part two of term paper
... In Hester's "dusky mirror" of imagination, she remembers her old home in England, her mother, her father, and most of all, her own youthful face. Then, she thinks of the marital life with her husband, a "tuft of green moss on a crumbling wall". The "green moss" symbolizes Hester's youth, which was clinging onto the "crumbling wall", which represents her aged husband. She tries to loser herself in past memories, but reality rears its ugly head. A few moments later, her mind jumps back to rea ...