The Scarlet Letter has a strong relationship between the events that happen and the time or place where they happen. The setting of the book is really important to some of the books themes. the things that take place in the woods or in nature are more private, true and pure than the things that take place in society. Hester and Dimsdale are able to meet and truly be their selves in nature. they cant even be seen together in public. in society they dont have any connection with each other. the only relationship they are able to have in society is minister and diciple. there is also a difference between the things that happen between day and night. during the day hester and dimsdale struggle to even make eye contact with eachother but at night they can stand upon the scaffold together with no consequence.
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“Mother,” said [Pearl], “was that the same minister that kissed me by the brook?”
“Hold thy peace, dear little Pearl!” whispered her mother. “We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.”
this sounds like a great topic. how do the feelings in each settings relat to the other settings.
ReplyDeleteThis is easy and a good thing to write about. you can mid soo many diret realtions in the book. make sure to incorpate many details and direct scenes and make people understands
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ReplyDeleteI agree with both Jo and Nik in that this looks like a very interesting and productive approach to the novel. I'm glad you've already begun to reach into the text for passages that will provide you support as you develop your discussion/argument (the argument seems at this point to be that the natural settings are those that are more beneficial to the characters.
I'm looking forward to seeing your first draft!