Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Recognition
In this chapter, Chillingworth shows up at the scaffold where Hester is standing. Then Hesyter is questioned by Reverend Dimmesdale about who the true father is. I find it corageous of Hester ti stand up there, all alone, and refuse to give up the name. I think it shows that she knows how wrong it was and finds no need to punish the person herself. I feel she believes the other person will get what they deserve. I also appreciate the fact that she does not aknowledge her husband in the crowd, because I believe she knows it would bring him humiliation in front of all those strangers. She knows this because she is going through that same thing while she is thinking of it. I'm interested in finding out who the other person was and see what actions her husband takes towards that person.
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Keep on thinking. Hester is certainly going through her own personal hell as she faces all these people and tries to think through her feelings. She shows amazing strength, it is true, but why do you think she is taking such a path? You say here that she thinks that what she faces is wrong and she would spare her partner such a thing. Good thought -- I wonder if the story will continue to allow her to hold such an idea.
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