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.