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Committing adultery within a Puritan community, Hester Prynne was left to be secluded, along with the scarlet letter, while struggling to maintain an arduous and tedious lifestyle as she dealt with her sinful burden and strived to be accepted. While Hester stood on a scaffold for three hours as punishment for her sin, "she except lay in the larger and warmer heart of the multitude; for, as she lifted her eyes towards the balcony, the unhappy woman grew pale and trembled (