Hester and Pearl
The first paragraph on page 154 tells us Hester's present feelings towards Roger Chillingworth. She finds that she hates her husband. Though that lead to her sin, she sees nothing wrong with it. She feels that her real sin was marrying without true love.
"'Yes I hate him!' repeated Hester, more bitterly than before. 'He betrayed me! He has done me worse wrong than I did him!'"
Yes, she HATES him, but does she forgive him shortly hereafter? Why does she hate him? It's not because she married him, but because of what he has become, and she realizes that she has had a hand in making him what he is. This is why she forgives him, but stands up to him.
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