Part 1: Short Answer Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1.Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. Any mother would feel the same stress she did towards her children. 2.Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her
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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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In a novel of sin and redemption‚ symbolism is used to broaden the significance of certain aspects. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses a barrage of themes‚ motifs‚ and symbolisms. These images help to unify the novel and enrich the meaning behind the work. Early in the novel‚ Hawthorne refers to iron‚ oak‚ chains mainly to demonstrate the Puritanism that takes place in the novel. However‚ he also uses these symbolic items to display the bonds between characters and what they believe in
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redemption? This was a question Hester Prynne in the timeless classic The Scarlet Letter. It is debated whether Hester should have left to another town‚ it is agreed however that Hester indeed did stay despite given the option to leave. Some would argue that Hester should have stayed‚ while others‚ as with all such views‚ would argue the other side that Hester should not have stayed. Numerous arguments can be made as to why Hester should have stayed‚ but will be limited to three reasons: she loved
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The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because‚ in both cases‚ sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledgespecifically‚ in knowledge of what it means to be human. For Hester‚ the scarlet letter functions as "her passport into regions where other women dared not tread‚" leading her to "speculate" about her society and herself more "boldly" than anyone else in New England.[2] hester eve leaving jail leaving garden‚ new identity
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In The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible‚ you may find similar themes in these novels The Scarlet Letter features Hester Prynne that commits a shameful sin‚ that being adultery. Related to The Scarlet Letter‚ In The Crucible concerns a group of girls that are said to also commit a shameful sin‚ which is witchcraft. However the children lie and say and said that all they did was “dance” in the woods. Even though both these novels have different plots‚ themes or ideas including‚ adultery and witchcraft
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Honors American Lit. B Kathryn Durga The Scarlet Letter: The Child at Brook-side 3/22/13 In this passage Dimmesdale is speaking about Pearl standing on the other side of the stream refusing to go to him and Hester. The contrast between Pearl standing on the opposite side as them parallels the contrast in their lives. Hester‚ now not wearing the scarlet letter‚ and Dimmesdale are concealing their relationship and their sin in the forest‚ representing a world of secrecy. Pearl‚ however
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and moralist might point‚” (71) Hester is burdened with overwhelming guilt in her isolated life within the authoritative society. As an act of atonement‚ Hester covers her hair with a cap‚ and her beauty and warmth are buried under the elaborate scarlet letter on her bosom. While Hester is deserved to be an outcast for her “evil doings‚” (57) the male sinner‚ who in fact is disclosed to be Reverend Dimmesdale‚ hides behind his deeds and suffer in silence but none of the criticisms are made on him. Hawthorne
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The forest is a very important aspect of this novel. In The Scarlet Letter‚ there is a lot of secrecy and lying. The theme of this book is to be true‚ so it is obvious that there is a lot of lies being told. The forest gives shelter and secrecy to those who need it. In the town‚ there are so many rules‚ and if you do something wrong‚ someone is bound to see it. The forest offers Dimmesdale and Hester secrecy that they need when they have to talk to each other. While they are in the town‚ they are
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actually explore how they share similar themes. Through careful analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone and The Crucible by Arthur Miller; you can see the evidence that supports the fact that both of these two works are somewhat related. These themes include sin‚ punishment of sin‚ the devil‚ and love/lust. The most obvious theme contained in both works is sin. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the sin that has been committed is adultery and has produced an illegitimate
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