Question

The Scarlet Letter

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Chapter II: The Marketplace

Which sentence best describes the key idea developed in the fourth paragraph?

a. Hester had a rather unpleasant family life that explains her present.
b. Hester has a series of painful memories running through her mind.
c. Hester recalls details of her past but cannot escape the present.
d. Hester relives her happy childhood and recalls a stranger