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Scarlet Letter
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... Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter lives this very nightmare. By the decree of town’s religious and political officials, she is sentenced to wear a scarlet “A” on the breast of her clothing at all times to make all those who see her aware of her corruption, of her immoral, unholy conduct. ... Yet through years of attempting to reintegrate herself into the very society that sent her into social exile, she is able to transform the meaning of her scarlet brand of infidelity, and the way she is seen by those who so quickly turned their backs on her. ... “On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold-thread, appeared the letter A. ... “Such helpfulness was found in her,-so much power to do, and the power to sympathize, - that man people refused to interpret the scarlet A by its original signification. ... Pearl is the first to discover the rather important parallel between placing the scarlet letter one Hester’s chest and the way the minister clutches his heart. ... “Most of the Spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a SCARLET LETTER-the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne-imprinted in the flesh” (p268).
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Title: Scarlet Letter
Words: 1062
Rating: None
Pages: 4.2
submitted by: fltlndr2000
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