The Scarlet Letter

What clues has Hawthorne offered his reader to prepare him or her for the revelation of the scarlet letter on his chest? In chapter 22.

What clues has Hawthorne offered his reader to prepare him or her for the revelation of the scarlet letter on his chest? In chapter 22.

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The final line of the chapter prepares us (or foreshadows) the minister's revelation of the scarlet letter on his chest.

"What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both?"

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