Question

Which event described in chapter 2 of the scarlet letter occurs after hester leaves the jail?

Answer 1

Hester, proud and beautiful, emerges from the prison. She wears an elaborately embroidered scarlet letter A — standing for "adultery" — on her ... Chapter 2 also contains a description of the Puritan society and reveals ... When Hester appears with Pearl, she is in stark contrast to the gloom and the grim reality of the crowd.

Answer 2

Answer choices are:

A.) Hester voices her discomfort on the long walk to the scaffold.

B.) A military procession organizes the crowd and proceeds to the scaffold.

C.) Old women march Hester to the scaffold, voicing their disapproval.

D.) Young children run heedlessly before Hester to the scaffold.

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Correct answer choice is:

D.) Young children run heedlessly before Hester to the scaffold.

Explanation:

Hester breaks the jail carrying a three-month-old baby. The jail keeper places a hand on her shoulder, but she throws him off and goes out alone, with "natural dignity," regarding gratified, luminous, and charming.

In contradiction to the mob, Hester, the criminal, is innocent and pretty. She views the crowd solely, as an individual.

On her chest, Hester carries a scarlet letter "A," attached with decorative decoration that resists some ladies in the mob as unsuitable. The storyteller explains the letter, in particular, remarking that its "originality" and "beautiful luxuriance" expedited it behind the Puritans' limits of tolerable clothes.