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.
Anna - these two posts are decent. You don't need summary - just state what the quote means (unless you need to summarize for your own sake).
ReplyDeleteYou do need to number you entries - LIKE 1) and 2).