This quote displayed in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel depicts the meaning that except for very selfish people, it is human nature to love more easily than to hate. The authors claim or purpose in writing this quote was to exemplify that Hester Prynne, the main character and protaganist of the novel, is not a selfish person nor is she one who would hold feelings of hatred. Although Hester experienced the hateship of the townspeople around her, she could have protested her fate bitterly and grudged against the people like the self centered reprimanding women who chastised her when she was on the pillory in Chapter 2, instead she becomes a warm hearted, restrained, if somewhat emotionally closeted woman. What could well have been hatred and rejection
