In chapter two, a group of people is surrounding the prison door. The town crier is escorting a woman out who is known to be Hester Prynne. She is an adulteress and her 3-month old illegitimate child is in her arms. No one knows who the father of the child is. The town crier is taking her to the Market Place where he knows all the nosy Puritans will follow. Hester walks up a flight of wooden steps onto a scaffold. All she can see are the eyes of men and women intently fastened on her. The scarlet letter ‘A’ is embroidered with gold on her bosom. Everyone is gossiping about Hester and whispering to others not to be so loud. As she is on the scaffold, she recalls memories of her past in England and of a certain man. Then, reality flashes before
