"...the scarlet letter had the effect of the cross on a nun's bosom. It imparted to the wearer a kind of sacredness, which enabled her to walk securely amid all peril."
Hester is changing the meaning of the "a" on her chest by doing good deeds. She used to get laughed at and mocked because of the "a", but now she can go into to homes and tend the sick. It has the sacredness of a cross on a nun.
Hester has become "holy"?
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