Languages change to accommodate cultural changes. they adapt to new technology. old words have new meanings.
A. The speaker is saying that she and her peers should be allowed to handle the punishments for people like Hester Prynne. She thinks this because they would band together as a group and be all on the same page in their punishment, rather than leaving it up to the magistrate--whose punishment she does not think adequately fit the crime Hester committed.
Answer:
They have tried many things, including petitions, argument, and pleas to parliament and to the crown.
Explanation:
<span>2,000,000 + 900,000 + 30,000 + 7,000 + 80 + 2.</span>
They feel comfortable in their own current positions and only care about privilege if it actually affects/bothers themselves.