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    We started listing names that would do something like that and we came up with these. Mrs.white‚ Colonel Mustard‚ Professor plum‚ Mrs. Peacock‚ Mr. Green‚ and Miss scarlet. Yeah yeah‚ we know these people are older than us but we couldn’t figure out any high schooler that would do such a crime. So after that we went back to the crime scene were the murder happened. We made it there to find nothing‚ we couldn’t find

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    In the novel of The Scarlet Letter‚ there were different types of themes which corresponded with the story. However‚ the theme that I choose is Revenge and Love. Revenge is one of the main lessons Hawthorne was trying to portray to the audience‚ because Chillingworth was up to no good in discovering Hester’s lover. The theme of love connected Dimmesdale and Hester together‚ which caused Chillingworth to have his revenge. The act of revenge began when Chillingworth returned from his journey and discovered

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    Tamara Haddad Wilhite P.5 Scarlet Letter Dialectical Journal “Like anything that pertains to crime‚ it seemed never to have a youthful era… a wild rose-bush‚ in this month of June‚ with delicate gems‚ which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in” (Hawthorne 45). Hawthorne describes the door of the jail‚ as well as the rose bush to the side of it. I feel as if this is supposed to represent what Hester is about the experience: the harsh

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    story‚ chiaroscuro is displayed throughout The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Also prevalent in many masterpieces created by Rembrandt during the 17 century‚ Rembrandt uses chiaroscuro to create a focal point in his paintings and evoke personal thought. Hawthorne uses chiaroscuro to focus on the element of overall sin and to illustrate conflicts between characters. A comparison of chiaroscuro in Rembrandts paintings and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ provides a deeper understand of how light

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    Daniele Luetke AP English 12/20/12 Nature Essay The Role of Nature In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ there are several chapters devoted to nature and its role in the novel. Every main character has some kind of an interaction with nature. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne relates a rosebush to the footsteps of Ann Hutchinson who‚ in the eyes of early Puritan society‚ was a criminal. However‚ nature knows she was innocent‚ so it responded to her with a pure rosebush. Whether

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    cultures at different eras within American history‚ a common theme can be established when comparing The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both novels‚ for example‚ examine the dichotomy between reality and appearance as well as the conflict between individual and social values.   In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale love each other. This love holds great personal value for them. However‚ because their relationship is adulterous

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    faith‚ were known for their strict religious regimen‚ and thus often perceived as monotonous. Likewise‚ in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the author expresses his accusatory and judgmental view of the Puritan community mostly through the usage of selective detail‚ dismal and contemptuous diction; as well‚ he expresses his view of the Puritan community through his grim and suspenseful tone. By using details selectively‚ Hawthorne promotes his judgmental and accusatory perspective of the Puritans to the

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    1.07 The Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet Part I: Short Answer 1. Anne Bradstreet uses birds as a metaphor for her children. She goes on to say‚ “Four Cocks were there‚ and Hens the rest.” This means that four were boys and the others were girls. She also says‚ “Till at the last they felt their wing‚ Mounted the Trees and learned to sing.” This meant that the children eventually grew up and went on to conquer the challenge of adult hood. 2. The destinies of the eight children were:

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    The Scaffold Scenes In the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne shows two scaffold scenes. The scaffold scenes are different in many ways. Seven years from when Hester Prynne stood in shame‚ wearing her scarlet A‚ holding her demonic child Pearl‚ during the day. Dimmesdale now stands alone in the middle of the night. In the first scaffold scene with Hester everyone in town saw the high reverend Dimmesdale question her as her thought to be dead husband stood there as a witness of her punishment

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    The Scarlet Letter and the Modern Media: Synthesis and Analysis Writing  Read the cartoons below. Write down what each cartoonist and editor believes.  What are the writer’s attitudes (tone) toward the subjects or characters in the cartoons?  What rhetorical devices or literary elements are they using to create their meaning.  Come to class with your ideas listed and be prepared to discuss your own ideas in a small group.    Literary Style and Themes Hawthorne’s work belongs to Romanticism‚ an

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