pg 72 L 1-18
will be taught to look at her... shame.
First of all, Hester's thoughts are seemed to focus not on her sin, but on the symbol she has become for the community: a sinner. She does not want to be one, she is ashamed to be, but she does not wonder about her action but the impression given to the others. So the wish is to escape (go away, back to Europe), expressed in a comparison with the nature again.
Good entry here. It's not her sin - important idea.
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