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Prompt 2: Read the following passage (paragraph 7, “Hester sought not, … wrong, beneath.”) from //The Scarlet Letter//, Chapter 5, “Hester at Her Needle.” Then write an essay analyzing the author’s use of clothing to reveal Hester’s self-perception, the attitude of Hester’s neighbors, and the nature of her daughter’s conception. Consider such rhetorical devices as diction, imagery, syntax, irony, and tone.

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