b. She appeals to her audience through their emotions.
I would have acted the way he did because what happened to him was terrible. I would have wanted to live a better life and be able to express myself
Although it is clear that the scarlet letter reads "A", it's meaning varies based on how we want to understand it. The basic meaning is adulterer but as time changed and Hester showed that there is more to her and that she is a loving woman, people began to look upon that A not as an adulterer, but as something positive, such as "able" or "angel"
