Hawthorne ends a chapter with this sentence, after describing Dimmesdale in the pulpit and Hester in the marketplace surrounded

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Hawthorne ends a chapter with this sentence, after describing Dimmesdale in the pulpit and Hester in the marketplace surrounded

by gawkers:
What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both!

What is ambiguous about this statement?

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shtirl [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-23T14:22:49+03:00

shtirl [24]3 years ago

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It is unclear if readers are supposed to find Dimmesdale more or less virtuous than Hester.