Once upon a time, young Trey and Jacob, who had recently gone on a FaceTime date to read the ever so romantic Scarlet Letter by the man himself Nathaniel Hawthorne. After our lovely evening, we ventured to the blog. we were in horror that the evil Chuck had not done his assignment as plan. The next morning while sitting in a free period we ventured back to the blog and realized our calling was here. We took the responsibility that Charlie failed to do. #PrayforChuck #WedarealMVP #WebettergetanA #EnglishDorks #FTB
"O Arthur, cried she, forgive me! In all things else, I have striven to be true! Truth was the one virtue which i might have held fast, and did hold fast through all extremity; save when thy good, deception. But a lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side! Dost thou not see what i would say? That old man! the physician! he whom they call Roger Chillingworth! he was my husband!"(177)
This was by far the most important line in the reading. This is when Hester finally tells her lover, Dimmesdale about the true identity of Roger. This affects the decisions of all three of the main characters, Hester, Roger and Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale's immediate reaction to this is, "Woman, woman, thou art accountable for this! I cannot forgive thee!" (178). Dimmesdale is clearly not happy but that raises a few questions. Why is he so angry at Hester? How could he be made at her for keeping something from him when he still hasn't had the balls to tell the whole town that he is the baby daddy? a few lines later, "I do forgive you, Hester" (178). Why did Dimmesdale forgive her so quickly? Was he even mad? Why can't this man make up his mind? Does he actually love Hester? Is Hester still in love with him?
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Love and adore this blog-story, Jacob and Trey.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was the most important line in the chapters that we read. The line right after that, when Dimmesdale says "Woman, woman, thou art accountable for this! I cannot forgive thee!" (178) actually made me slightly mad, because Dimmesdale once again blames everything on Hester. She has had a much tougher time than Dimmesdale, and she was brave enough to come out with the truth and tell Dimmesdale that Chillingworth was her husband. However, instead of being happy with Hester and just relieved that he now knows about Chillingworth, Dimmesdale gets very angry with her even though this isn't her fault at all. I think when Dimmesdale says that he does forgive Hester, he is realizing that it is a little hypocritical for him to be mad at Hester for not telling him sooner, when Dimmesdale has yet to come out with his own secret.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you guys about loving the story and how this is an important line. It is like the paradox's we talked about because Hester is facing the punishments for the scarlet letter and for telling Dimmesdale about her husband while Dimmesdale is angry at her even though he is the one who can't come clean and tell the truth. He is the one who brought this on himself because if he came clean then he wouldn't be harming himself and anything that Chillingworth did, would be noticed more than it is now. He is blaming Hester for something that is completely his fault. We really see Hester's true personality during this. She is getting yelled at by the biggest hypocrite and she still never looses her temper and focuses on calming him down. You guys picked a great line! #PrayForChuck
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