Quote 1:
"Yes, I hate him!" repeated Hester, more bitterly than before. "He betrayed me! He has done me worse wrong than I did him!" (Hawthorne 159).
Analysis 1:
Hatred is an emotion is that requires a constant stimulation. It is difficult to maintain hatred unless someone is constantly prodding. Prynne is unable to relinquish her hatred of Chillingworth because the Chilllingworth has not relented for even a moment in his quest for revenge. Pyrnne has watched Chillingworth become swallowed by his campaign for vengeance. It has not only become the dominant activity of his life, but it has also become the only activity in his life. Rather than try to resolve the problem by formally shaming Pyrnne and Dimmesdale (and moving on to new love) he is stuck in the past trying to hurt Dimmesdale in the vain hopes that time will tick backwards.
Quote 2:
"So strangely did they meet, in the dim wood, that it was like the first encounter," (Hawthorne 171).
Analysis 2:
What makes some people more deeply in love than others? The answer is a simple one, friendship. In the novel Pride and Prejudice Jane and Bingley's love did not compare to the true love of Elizabeth and Darcy. Jane and Bingley awkwardly stumbled past the stage of intellectual bonding and advanced -quickly towards the stage of over-infatuation. What this does is narrow the potential for love. Bingley and Jane could only love on a romantic level, while Darcy and Elizabeth could love on a romantic and intellectual level. In the same way, Dimmesdale and Pyrnne (should they choose to rekindle their love for one another) are able to bypass the awkward phase of courtship and engage on a level of understanding that no one else in the world can share with them.
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