These contradictory descriptions can be reconciled because they capture both sides of what Hester has become because of her experiences. She is seen as pure, warm, and tender, because she has turned her life around. She is pleased to have her daughter, she helps others in the community, and people have begun to see her as a better person.
She is also seen as cold, because she has to carry the burden of holding a secret (the identity of her husband), and cannot be with the man she wants to be with.
The first impression the reader has of Lady Macbeth is that she is determined and the strong one in the relationship; she controls Macbeth and is very greedy
Answer:
She told her family that she had to go for a confession to the church.
Explanation:
In Christianity, especially Catholics, confessions are used as a means of absolving one's sinful ways through the priests. A person can go to the church and confess in the confessional booth to the priest who ill act as an intermediary for the person to God.
In William Shakespeare's "Rome and Juliet", Romeo and Juliet had fallen in love but due to the family feud between their two families, they aren't allowed to be together. So, they hatched a plan along with Friar Lawrence to get them married so that they will be together. For this to happen, they have to get married in secret. So, Juliet told her family that she has to go t the church for a confessional session with Friar Lawrence. But in reality, she was to be married to Romeo. This is just an excuse which will not arouse any suspicion on her act.
