Entry 53:
"-or rather, like the frozen calm of a dead woman’s face. The similarity stemmed from the fact that, as far as the town was concerned, Hester was as good as dead. She had left the world in which she still seemed to walk."
Hester was so wrapped up in Pearl and the secret that kept Dimmesdale part of the society that she wasn't really all there. She was dead to the townspeople, she had sinned, and nothing can completely fix that. She has too much stuff on her mind having to do with finally being upfront about who Pearl's father is, and what their plans are for leaving the town.
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