The behave of Hester husband, during the meeting with the wife in the prison, is particularly interesting to be analyzed. In a first moment he looks very rigor, likes all the doctor are. He doesn’t talk a lot and limit his actions to cure the baby and the wife: he seems stranger to that situation. After the examination he takes a chair and seats next to Hester, all in a very quiet way. At this time he starts talking about the actual situation: himself, the wife, their marriage, the betrayal, the children… It’s interesting, here, how the author makes the character explain himself. There is a sort of contrast between how Hester husband behaves and how he feels. His action seems very calm, too much for a man who has been betrayed. Indeed he is very upset, he is angry and he wants to know the truth about the father of the baby. We can understand that in his speech and especially in Hester reaction, when she says “Thy acts are like mercy, but thy words interpret thee as a terror!”
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