Irony In The Scarlet Letter
35. The scarlet letter has not done its office because it was meant to eventually get Hester to reveal the identity of her accomplice by consuming Hester with guilt and making her weak however, the scarlet “A” had quite the opposite effect. a. Verb Tense
b. The scarlet letter “has not done its office” because its intention is to eventually get Hester to reveal the identity of her accomplice by consuming Hester with guilt and making her weak however, the scarlet “A” has quite the opposite effect.
c. I changed “had” to ‘has” to keep the sentence in literary present tense instead of in past tense.
36. As the Reverend Wilson urges Hester to say the name of her accomplice, he offers her to tell him Pearl’s father in exchange for taking off the …show more content…
As the Reverend Wilson urges Hester to say the name of her accomplice, he offers her to tell him Pearl’s father in exchange for taking off the scarlet letter and Hester responds, “ Never! It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!”(55). This shows that although, the letter was meant to inflict shame upon Hester, it was not meant to be so deeply branded in Hester that she refuses to say her partner in crime and stands up to the pressures of society. c. I added a couple words to smoothen the transition between both sentences.
37. The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intended to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, not meant to be an irremovable symbol. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intends to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, and means not to be an irremovable symbol. c. I changed the sentence into literary present tense by changing “intended” to “intends”.
38.The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intended to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, not meant to be an irremovable symbol. a. Ok, but how does this relate to the specific idea in your
b. The scarlet letter “has not done its office” because its intention is to eventually get Hester to reveal the identity of her accomplice by consuming Hester with guilt and making her weak however, the scarlet “A” has quite the opposite effect.
c. I changed “had” to ‘has” to keep the sentence in literary present tense instead of in past tense.
36. As the Reverend Wilson urges Hester to say the name of her accomplice, he offers her to tell him Pearl’s father in exchange for taking off the …show more content…
As the Reverend Wilson urges Hester to say the name of her accomplice, he offers her to tell him Pearl’s father in exchange for taking off the scarlet letter and Hester responds, “ Never! It is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!”(55). This shows that although, the letter was meant to inflict shame upon Hester, it was not meant to be so deeply branded in Hester that she refuses to say her partner in crime and stands up to the pressures of society. c. I added a couple words to smoothen the transition between both sentences.
37. The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intended to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, not meant to be an irremovable symbol. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intends to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, and means not to be an irremovable symbol. c. I changed the sentence into literary present tense by changing “intended” to “intends”.
38.The intention of the scarlet “A” is to be a symbol of shame that is intended to lead to redemption and just a letter that was sewed onto clothing, not meant to be an irremovable symbol. a. Ok, but how does this relate to the specific idea in your