The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 2 - The Market-Place

In which the grim and unwavering Puritan townsfolk of Boston gather on a summer’s morn to witness the solemn public punishment of a young woman whose scarlet letter, both crafted and worn with peculiar defiance, marks her deeply felt shame. As she stands on the scaffold, beneath the austere eyes of her neighbours and authorities, her mind wanders to distant recollections, yet the reality of her branded dignity and the infant at her side remains inescapable.