Hester Prynne:
I have dreamed of speaking my heart, I have prayed for it even as I have dreaded it. Was I alive before I laid eyes on thee?
Dr. Roger Prynne:
Has this new land turned thee into a heathen?
Hester Prynne:
I wonder if existance as a woman is worthwhile at all.
[
to the crowd gathered for Hester's hanging]
Reverand Arthur Dimmesdale:
In God's eyes, I am her husband.
Pearl:
[
voiceover] Who is to say what is a sin in God's eyes.
Hester Prynne:
[
the elder is about to pin the A on her blousse] Why do you wait? Put it on, for it is not a badge of my sin but your own.
Pearl:
My father died before I reached my teens. Some say that was a punishment. My mother never remarried or loved another. Some say THAT was a punishment.
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