Your topic is,
" -- did she get more than she deserved?"
I assume you mean: did
she get more punishment than she deserved.
Obviously,
you must first decide if you want to argue "yes" or "no." I'll give you a
few points on each side.
"Yes" (she was overly punished):
a) Her sin took only a few minutes, but her punishment lasted a lifetime.
b) Since she was not living with her husband at the time of her relationship with , her
adultery was only technical.
c) She had to observe and
suffer the way her child, who did not sin at all, was rejected and belittled by all the other
children.
"No" (her punishment was not excessive):
a) The Puritans followed the Bible, and the Biblical punishment for adultery is death.
By not putting Hester to death, the community was being kind and merciful.
b) Hester could have made things much easier for herself if she had identified the man who
had...
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