kitchen or cutting the grass. You did all this chopping out of sheer goodness? An interesting adjective meaning pure or undiluted. I felt right sorry for her. :: You felt sorry for a white woman? A key exchange, for in 1930s Alabama, it would have been considered unbelievable for a black man to feel sorry for a white person. Atticus asks the jury to move beyond their prejudice, but these 12 men will not listen. To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. A good way to start a statement when you want to say several things at once. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime that Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. "Iota" is an interesting word that means a very small amount. Commonly used in the expression "not one iota of..." It has relied upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has been called into serious question on cross examination. "Testimony" refers to the words of people who appear in court to tell what they think has happened. A "witness" is a person who testifies in court. "Cross examination" is the questioning of a witness by a lawyer to see if there are any lies or weaknesses that can be uncovered. It has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. In this context, "to contradict" is to deny a statement, or say exactly the opposite of what had been said. There is circumstantial evidence that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left. "Circumstantial evidence" refers to physical evidence such as bruises or blood. "Savagely" is a powerful adverb meaning violently or ruthlessly. Here, Atticus is saying the person who beat Mayella must have been left-handed. Tom Robinson sits before you having taken the oath with the only good one he possesses---his right. An "oath" is a solemn promise to tell the truth, usually taken in American courts while one's hand is on a bible. I have nothing but pity for the chief witness. "Pity" is concern for someone, but primarily because you feel sorry for them as a person. Generally, a negative word. But my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake to get rid of her own guilt. "At stake" is another way to say at risk. "To get rid of" something is a common and colloquial way to say to throw away or eliminate. She has committed no crime. She has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society. "Merely" is an interesting little word meaning "only." Something that is "rigid" is unbending, and here, a "code" is an accepted way of behavior, perhaps even a law. A code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. "Severe" is a strong adjective meaning strict or harsh or perhaps unforgiving. "To hound" s
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