I am writing an essay and I need a quote that would show how Hester's reputation is ruined by public shaming. I am just struggling to find a good quote.
Her breast, with its badge of shame, was but the softer pillow for the head that needed one. ch 13
"The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, despair, solitude! These had been her teachers,— stern and wild ones,— and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss."
Chapter 18
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Chapter 18
