Hester Prynne is taken to the scaffold in the market place so that she may be publicly shamed. While in the scaffold Hester thinks about her parents, her new life, and her childhood.
In the first scaffold scene in Chapter 2 Hester Prynne's punishment upon the scaffold is to stand there for three hours and bear the letter "A" on her chest
while on the scaffold, she sees her husband who left town some while ago. She notices him, and also notices that he looks a lot different.
Hester Prynne mounts the scaffold in the month of June in The Scarlet Letter.
his one shoulder is higher than the other. This is Hester's husband
Hester and Pearl had been visiting Governor Bellingham's house, where they were discussing Pearl being taken away from Hester. On their way home, they stop at the scaffold where Hester was punished.
It has been seven years since Hester stood on the scaffold holding Pearl as an infant.
Hester is judged harshly by the Puritan community while standing on the scaffold, as they view her adultery as a great sin. She endures public humiliation and ostracization for her actions, serving as an example of what happens when one strays from the strict moral codes of the society.
To face her consequences at the scaffold
she thinks about her life before she moved to Boston
When Hester is forced to stand upon the scaffold, she reminisces about her earlyyears, life in England before she moved to Boston and her mother and father.For further insight, I recommend No Fear Literature-The Scarlet Letter produced by sparknotes.com or the shorter simpler summery and analysis also by sparknotes.com
Hester Prynne stood on the scaffold for several hours. She was publicly shamed and humiliated before the community as punishment for committing adultery.