The Scarlet Letter

What special knowledge does Hester feel the Scarlet Letter gives her?

chapter five hester at her needle

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Hester believed she had a sympathetic knowledge of the sin hidden in the hearts of others.

"She shuddered to believe, yet could not help believing, that it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts."

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