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Chapter 5

When Hester moved she started to make clothes for poor people without getting paid. I think the reason she did this was because it was a way she could punish herself, it made her feel better and she got something else to think about. Maybe she though that since she did something nice, people could like her again and she could have some "friends".  I also think that this is something she liked to do, and was good at, she wanted to show people that she was good in something, and not only a bad person.

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Chapter 5

When Hester Prynne got out of a prison she had to move to a deserted place. I think this is a punishment too, not only did she have to wear the scarlet letter, but she also had to move far away from people. To be excluded from a society makes you feel less worth. You feel like no one wants something to do with you, and this is exactly what happened. People didn't want anything to do with Hester Prynne after the sinn she did.

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Chapter 4

In the end of chapter 4 Roger Chillingworth says this to Hester Prynne “Thou hast kept the secret of thy paramour. Keep, likewise, mine!" He doesn't want anyone to know him, because he is going to do something harmful to this family (Hester, her child and Mr. Dimmesdale). If Hester fails in this and tells someone about him, her hidden lover's life will be in his hands. I don't think Hester realizes in this moment that he has a plan, that he is evil, and doesn't want her anything good. It's clear that he has a plan, and even though she wont tell anyone he is going to harm her hidden lover. 

acquiesce, abstinence

Acquiesce (verb)
Freddy acquiesce the curfews she has.

Abstinence (noun)
Candy tastes like abstinence.

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Chapter 4

When Roger Chillingworth entered the room and started to talk to Hester about all the medications he knows about. He observed it as "My old studies in alchemy,..." Alchemy is evil magic, so we know he doesn't want her or her baby anything good, but he doesn't wanna kill them either because he wants her to suffer the pain by wearing the scarlet letter.

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Chapter 4

Roger Chillingworth 

Hester Prynne's husband comes in to the prison acting as he is a doctor under the name Roger Chillingworth. It is obvious that this is not his real name, and that he picked it for a reason. Roger Chillingworth means honorably spears. I think he chose this name because of its meaning. He wants people to think of he is a good man, so no one will accuse him as something else. He is also a powerful person who knows what he is doing. In the chapter he is also mentioned as the black man which relates to the devil who is directly evil. I think we will come back to the name in the end of the book, like it has an important meaning.

admonish, abstract

Admonish (verb)
The mother admonished Peter not to hit his sister.


Abstract (adjective or noun)
Sarah had an abstract thought about people becoming angels after death.