I was thinking about writing my paper on the 4 main characters: Hester, Dimmsdale, Pearl and Chillingworth and how we can look at there actions in the book to improve society today. One example would be how Dimmsdale deals with hiding his sin, confessing and holding back his emotions. Another would be how Chillingworth uses Dimmsdale for revenge, and how in the end revenge ends up killing himself. Lastly I can use Hester and what she symbols as a women and how she wants to improve the gender role. Then i will talk about how Pearl overcomes her devilish self to grow up and be a well of mom.
One passage i was going to use is on page 44. "The very nature of the opposite sex.. which has become nature, is to be essential modified, before women can assume a fair and suitable position."
I would like some other ideas if you guys have some too?
This is a great topic! I like how you are examining all the characters and using them all in the paper. Are you going to use any of the supplemental characters such as Miss Hibbins (that's her name right?) to also further elaborate your essay? I hope your essay is just as thrilling as as your one blog post that I enjoyed so much! :)
ReplyDeleteEmy,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good (though fairly ambitious--and maybe too broad?) approach to the novel. I think you've got a lot of good ideas here--the effects of secrecy (and hypocrisy), the problems with revenge, the role of women, etc.--but you may want to just pick one. We can talk on Monday about possible ways to narrow your focus a bit (just make sure that what you wind up writing about is something that genuinely interests you!).