Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs when Hester arrives at the marketplace?

After leaving the prison, Hester walks through the crowd to the scaffold and climbs its steps, where she is made to stand before everyone. The event is described in choice B; she does not resist the sentence, and the crowd’s remark about “Divine Maternity” is not part of this moment in chapter 2.

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