"Do I feel joy again? Methought the germ of it was dead in me! O Hester, thou are my better angel! I seem to have flung myself - sick, sin-stained, and sorrow blackened - down upon these forest leaves, and to have risen up all anew, and with the powers to glorify Him that had been merciful! This already a better life! Why did we not find it sooner?"
2006-10-17 12:13:21 · 4 answers · asked by Shelby D 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Their saying that they feel joy of what they have found.
Its seems that they got caught in the bad sorrow times "down upon these forest leaves" and have come back strong "and to have risin up all anew"
This was the better way why couldnt they find it sooner
2006-10-17 13:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by † Ville & Bam♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person speaking was apparently very sad but this person called Hester has helped the narrator out of this situation in some way. The narrator must have lay down to rest upon a bed of leaves feeling like life was not worthwhile, but then woke up to a new vision of life in which the narrator is thanking the Almighty for that which s/he has been granted. Now the narrator is seeing how much better life is with this new perspective in view and is wondering how s/he did not see it before.
2006-10-20 03:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by MAC C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is Scarlet Letter, right?
So Arthur is exclaiming his joy in being reunited with Hester; he thought he was too far down within his sorrows to be redeemed, but she has given him new hope.
2006-10-17 14:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Tori 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that this means " i am very sick and i have done a lot of this that i am not proud of, i feel very bad and full of guilt and sin, but now i have rejoice because i am saved by Christ who had been merciful. why i did not realize that He is my only savor and i find it sooner.
2006-10-17 18:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by Princess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋