DJs 41-45

DJ 41.
Pg 98. "'this badge hath taught me, -- it daily teaches me, -- it is teaching me at this moment, -- lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself.'"

This is an example of how Hester uses the letter as a lesson to Pearl and how she learns from it everyday. Hester uses the letter as a constructive tool for Pearl, but first she needed to forgive herself. After Hester forgives herself, she then can turn the letter into a good thing for herself and Pearl.

DJ 42.
Pg 99. "...the child finally announced that she has not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door."

This relates to the idea that Pearl is the only thing that Hester has to live for. There is also the fact that the roses symbolize forgiveness, and Pearl never looked at Hester as a sinner and thinks that the letter is just part of who her mom is. Hester never had to seek forgiveness from Pearl, but she also pushes Hester to live her life with pride. It is interesting that Hawthorne makes sure to mention the prison because that symbolizes society's punishment for Hester, and instead succumbing  to self pity, she picked the rose that is Pearl and lives life to its fullest, like the transcendentalists.

DJ 43.
Pg 99. "--how much uglier they were, -- how his dark complexion seemed to had grown duskier, and hid figure more misshapen, -- since the days when she had familiarly known him."

This is a description of how Chillingworth has changed already from before he made it his duty to torture Dimmesdale. Chillingworth, like Dimmesdale, can't forgive himself, and it destroys him, not to the point of death, but his soul becomes evil. He makes his life revolve around finding and torturing the man who is the father of Pearl. This turns his into a Devil like feature and this is the first time that he really starts turning evil.

DJ 44.
Pg 100. "'He gave her, in requital of all things else, which ye had taken from me. She is my happiness! -- she is my torture, none the less!..."

This is an example of how Pearl is what Hester lives for. Pearl is a daily reminder of Hester's sin, but Hester learns to forgive herself, and lives life changing the meaning of the letter. If not for Pearl, Hester wouldn't be the same woman, and she would definitely not grown as a person as much as Pearl inspired her.

DJ 45.
Pg 101. "'... a deed of sin, and made of no account the distinction between unhallowed lust and holy love? This child of its father's  guilt and its mother's shame hath come from the hand of God, to work in many ways upon her heart..'"

Here, Dimmesdale talks about Hester's argument for keeping Pearl. This is very ironic because he talks about the fathers guilt and God making the calls here. Because he is the father, he is guilty and doesn't want Hester to go through anymore pain. This is also a foreshadow because Dimmesdale is punished by God and himself until he falls apart.