"Never!" replied Hester Prynne, looking, not at Mr. Wilson, but into the deep and troubled
eyes of the younger clergyman. “It is too
deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And
would that I might endure his agony, as well
as mine!"
Think about Hester Prynne as a character. Is this
quotation an example of direct or indirect
revelation?

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !