"For these reasons, among others, they carried about an air of innate resistance, even of persecution"(140).
This quote relates to the Scarlet Letter mainly in the way of persecution. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is persecuted because of her act of adultery. Hester is different from the public aspect of the puritan society and so she is ostracized and persecuted. The puritan ancestors were persecuted in England, so now the puritans are persecuting the aliens, those who disobey their rules, including Hester.
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