Chap.5 DL

5.)"To-marrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial, and yet the very same that was now so unutterably grievous to be borne."

I think that even though Hester just got out of jail she is about to go through years of torture living in her own society. Everyone is talking about her even children and even though that is torture enough she really has nobody to talk to, which might just feel depressing. I think that Hester is strong and if this were anybody else they would crumble and things would end up badly but just because she is strong doesn't mean being completely isolated from your community doesn't hurt.

6.)"Throughout them all, giving up her individuality, she would become the general symbol at which the preacher and moralist might point, and in which they might vivify and embody their images of woman’s frailty and sinful passion."

She mentions the preacher which is ironic because he is just as guilty as she is. He is obviously acting like everyone else towards Hester because he doesn't want people to know that he is the father. She is going through all this torture and he is letting it happen even maybe joining in some of the torturing. In this society admitting that the preacher is the father of your child out of wedlock while your still married to someone else is like admitting that you killed someone but the problem is she is going through this all alone and i am sure the man she probably loved is not making it any better.

Chap.4 DL

3.) "I see no vengeance, plot no evil against thee."
I think that he is lying, there is obviously something about him that gives Hester chills. Why is he so desperate to find it anyway with out getting revenge. He seems like a very intelligent man so i think that he has a plan and when he finds out who it is he is going to break his promise with Hester and do something to the man who fathers her child. He obviously once loved Hester and he is jealous, or he is territorial and he is mad that someone touched something that was hers. But in the previous chapter Hester's old husband mentioned that the man who was married to the women was a fool to think that he could keep a young woman happy so maybe that's what he is upset about he couldn't keep his young woman happy and now he is mad that someone could.

4.) "Why dost thou smile so at me?......Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?"
Hester thinks that he is evil with this evil grin. The black man is like the devil because the Puritans think that woods are evil and the black running around the woods is the devil, like Chillingworth. See the devil runs around causing trouble which is what this man might start doing he is trying to get information from Hester and he will probably end up doing something really evil with it.

Chap. 3 DL

1.)"Again, at the first instant of perceiving that thin visage, and the slight deformity of the figure, she pressed her infant to her bosom with so convulsive a force that the poor babe uttered another cry of pain. But the mother did not seem to hear it,"

Hester has now noticed a familiar face in the crown who happens to be here husband who she hasn't seen it years. He is standing with an Indian man, and the two are similarly dressed meaning that his man has spent some time in this area. Usually when someone sees there husband that they haven't years they feel excitement and love but Hester is in a pretty bad situation. It makes you wonder about the relationship they had in the past. Later in the text her old husband said that whoever her husband may have been must have been foolish to think he could keep and young wife happy. This shows maybe a little regret seeing how he is obviously older and he may have though that he could keep Hester happy but he did not.



2.)"The young pastor's voice was tremulously sweet, rich, deep, and broken. The feeling that it so evidently manifested, rather than the direct purport of the words, caused it to vibrate within all hearts, and brought the listeners into one accord of sympathy."I will not speak!" answered Hester, turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognised. .............And my child must seek a heavenly father; she shall never know an earthly one!"

The paster is feeling really bad about something he is talking extremely nervously and is soothing pearl. He is the father, and he is defending Hester towards the end because he knows that she is just trying to protect him. Because if he came out and said i am the father of this child and i am the adulterer he would probably be killed. This brings up the idea of the puritan society, if you sinned you were severly punished and people are so worried about going against the motives of the puritans that they have to keep secret about there sins. Dimmesdale is a pretty important man in this town, he is a preacher and in my mind a hipocrit because he is telling Hester that she has done wrong and must tell the name of the father when really he is the father and won't come clean.

acquiesce(v)- By shuting up Jayce acquiesced to the fact that Anna is better then her

abstinence(n)- Jayce practiced abstinence by not talking anymore becase she had a problem with always talking.

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admonish(v)-Jayce admonished Anna for being so much better then her.

Abstract(adj or n)- Anna's abstract project and speech left Jayce completely baffled and she cried because she is not as smart as Anna.

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Aesthetic(adj,or n)- The aesthetic of Annas face made Jayce extremely jealous.

Aggrandizement(n)- The aggrandizement of Anna's bank account is due to Jayces admiration of of Anna which is why she gives her so much money all the time.

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Affinity(n)- Jayce has an affinity for crazy people because she is one herself.

Aberration(n)- Jayce is an aberration because her brain is much smaller than everyones.

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Advocate(n)- Jayce is an advocate for annoying people of America, in fact she plans on being the president of that group one day.

Acclaim(vb)- "Jayce is so irritating!", Anna acclaimed.