In Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter , which best describes the magistracy’s main goal with respect to the punishment it delivers to Hester Prynne for her crime?

The magistracy makes Hester stand on the scaffold in front of the townspeople, wearing the scarlet letter as a lasting public mark of her sin. This punishment is meant chiefly to shame her and set her apart socially, rather than to cause physical pain or make her a servant. The best choice is public humiliation and ostracism.

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