"'Women, transgress not beyond the limits of heaven's mercy' cried the Reverend Mr Wilson, more harshly than before. 'That little babe hatch been gifted with a voice, to second and confirm the counsel which thou hast heard. Speak out the name! That, and thy repentance, may avail to take the scarlet letter off thy breast' 'Never'! replied Hester Prynne, looking, not at Mr Wilson, but into the deep and troubled eyes of the younger clergyman.' It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!'" -Page 82
This quote is when Hester is on the scaffold and being questioned of who the father is. One of the main themes of the Dark Romanticism would be that people would have emotions over logic. Here, clearly that she is offered a great incentive of not having to wear the scarlet letter on her breast for her life time, and she chooses to ditch the offer and keep quiet about who the father is. There is no logical sense behind this as anyone would have easily told the townsmen who the father was so she would be saved. Emotions, the loyalty of Hester has overridden the logical sense in her, by not revealing the father. Emotions, over logic.
This quote has the same concept as mine. For my quote it also shows that people pick emotions before logic. Although the governors are already willing to take off Hester's scarlet letter if she tells who the father is, she still refuses to tell. Although in logic, she should tell who the father is, her emotions tell her no so she didn't.
ReplyDelete"'Women, transgress not beyond the limits of heaven's mercy' cried the Reverend Mr Wilson, more harshly than before. 'That little babe hatch been gifted with a voice, to second and confirm the counsel which thou hast heard. Speak out the name! That, and thy repentance, may avail to take the scarlet letter off thy breast' 'Okay'! replied Hester Prynne, looking, at Mr Wilson, and the eyes of the younger clergyman.' 'If I am allowed of not the shame of a life time, It is Dimmesdale,' said Hester Prynne, 'Okay, you have spoken the name of the father, you are granted free of thy scarlet letter.'
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