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A On Hester's Chest As Able Instead Of Adultery
I like how they are reading the " A" on Hester's chest as able instead of adultery. After they put her through all of that torture and pain she deserves to be treated like the rest. If i was in Hester's situation I would ask people to not have looked at it as a bad thing, but as a lesson to learn from. She made a mistake and did very well learning from it. I hope this was a lesson for all the townspeople. They should know it's not right to treat people like dirt. Treat people how you want to be treated. Im glad things are finally starting to look for her and she is getting positive attention instead of negative.

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