Quote #6

Roger Chillingworth knows your purpose to reveal his true character. Will he continue, then, to keep our secret? What will now be the course of his revenge? "There is a strange secrecy in his nature, "replied Hester, thoughtfully; "and it has grown upon him by the hidden practices of his revenge. I deem it not likely that he will betray teh secret. He will doubtless seek other means of satiating his dark passion." This quote was found on page 156 in the Scarlet Letter. Hester and Arthur Dimmesdale are discussing Roger Chillingworth. Arthur expresses of him being his enemy by telling crying out to Hester how is he suppose to live longer and breath the same air with this deadly enemy. Hester is there for him and tells him not to dwell on this man and to keep his head up. He contunies to ask Hester to be strong for him and to give him answers. Him being a priest should be able to be strong and know what the right thing or most appropriate thing to do is. He seems very shaken up by the thought of Roger Chillingworth. Throught out the reading you do not find Arthur and Hester having many conversations that are in depth like this. They seem to be expressing their feelings about what had happened and the sin that was caused. Arthur seems worried that Roger will let out him and Hesters secret, but Hester seems to think he will not betray them in that way and that their secret is safe. Arthur seems to really be bothered by this.

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Quote #5

"Wilt thou yet forgive me?" she repeated, over and over again. "Wilt thou not frown? Wilt thou forgive? "I do forgive you, Hester,"replied the minister, at length, with a deep utterance out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger. "I freely forgive you now. May God forgive us both! We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world. This quote in the Scarlet Letter came from page 115. This quote stuck out to be because at first it seems as if Hester is begging for the Priest forgiveness, when the priest was in this situation as well Hester was not alone. Hester could not live with the sadness she felt from him and how all the world had frowned upon her for seven years.
Hester seems to be fed up with the sorrow she is feeling through everything she has been through. She needs forgiveness to feel better about herself.
They sat together hand and hand and seemed to share a moment together, a much needed moment. They do describe the mood as gloomy, but had a charm. They describe the obscure forest around them and hearing it creak, telling us they sat in silence with eachothers presence. Hester expresses that for one moment Arthur Dimmesdale could be a true man.  

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