Based on chapter 4 of the scarlet letter, in the time period in which hester lived, a crime such as hers would bring dishonor to only herself. herself and her child. herself, her husband, and her child. herself and her husband.

If you're asking what crime it is that she committed then it would be 'adultery'. Hope this helps.

Herself, her husband, and her child.

Explanation:

In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the story is of one Hester Prynne who has been convicted of committing adultery and condemned to wear the 'scarlet letter' in her chest forever. She was also imprisoned along with the child born out of wedlock.

Chapter 4 of the text shows the "interview" of Hester by her husband who had assumed the changed his name to Roger Chillingworth. Acting as a doctor, he approached his wife in the prison with the intention of helping the baby. But once the prison guard left them alone, he demanded to be told the identity of the father of the child. Hester refused, stating "That thou shalt never know" which led Chillingworth to promise him that he will not stop until he finds out her lover. This warning or admonition shows how much of a crime adultery was deemed in those times. In those times, moral policing was of the strictest way possible, with everyone trying to act morally good and detest and condemn any form of act against the religious belief of the Christian faith. The puritanical society of the time makes it more serious, which made the crime a dishonorable act for not only the woman involved, but also affect the child and the father of the child (if it was a lover) and also the husband (if she is married).

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