Scarlet Letter D.J. # 9 - Chapter 5: Part 1.

"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." (pg. 70) Even though Hester just got out of jail she is about to go through years of torture living in her own society that is worse than jail. Everyone is talking about Hester behind her back and to her face, even the children were. And if that was not torture enough, she had nobody to talk to, which made her feel depressed. I believe that Hester is strong willed and if it were anybody else they would gone crazy and probably killed themselves, but just because she is strong that doesn't mean being completely isolated doesn't hurt.