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Hester Prynne was in jail for a brief period before being publicly shamed by being required to stand on a scaffold for several hours. She was then released from jail and forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" as punishment for her adultery.

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It was not specified. However her other punishments, being forced to stand on the scaffold and be glared at for hours by the judging members of the area was specifically recollected by Hawthorne.

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Hester Prynne wore the scarlet letter "A" for seven years before going to live somewhere in Europe, where she doesn't have to wear it, with Pearl. After many years though, Hester returns alone, and takes up the scarlet letter once more, and wears it until her death.

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Because she committed adultery with the minister

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