I think it’s irony because the device writer id using
A. rhetorical question
He asks questions without technically expecting an answer, which would mean his quote is rhetoric.
In animal farm, the leading pigs used trickery to control the rest of the animals. when questioned about their reasoning, the pigs quickly used persuasion to convince the animals that they were right.
Answer:
Hester's crime was adultery, she had a child with a man that she wasn't married to. It warranted such a punishment because she was married and adultery is a sin through Puritan laws.