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My Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

What happens when a private sin

becomes a public crime?

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The 411 on The Scarlet Letter

• Set in 17th Century Boston

• Puritan code of life• Main characters

– Hester Prynne– Pearl Prynne– Arthur Dimmesdale– Roger Chillingworth

• Novel spans a total of seven years

• The Scarlet Letter as a SATIRE

• Her outfit, which she had fashioned for the occasion while in her cell, was extravagant in a way that seemed to reflect her reckless mood. But all eyes were drawn to the embroidered scarlet letter, which so transformed its wearer that people who had known Hester Prynne felt they were seeing her for the first time. The letter had the effect of a spell, removing her from ordinary

humanity and placing her in a world by herself.

Historical

• Hawthorne found a piece of cloth with an A on it and used it as the major symbol of his novel about the Puritan lifestyle

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• 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. It was so artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that it ... was of a splendor in accordance with the taste of the age, but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

In Puritan New England a young woman named Hester Prynne gives birth to a baby girl.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

Hester’s elderly husband has been missing for years.

Everyone knows he can’t be the father.

The town punishes Hester harshly for her adultery.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

First, they imprison her.

Then, they condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A for the rest of her life.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

The townspeople treat Hester as an outcast.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

What her neighbors don’t know is the identity of the baby’s father.

Hester refuses to tell.

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

Her lover, whoever he is, seems to escape punishment.

Or does he?

The Scarlet Letter: Introduction

Perhaps hidden suffering

is even worse than public shame.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

Persecuted in England, the Puritans came to North America to form their own communities.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

Life in the Colonies was harsh,

but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

The setting of The Scarlet Letter is Boston in the 1640s.

Boston had recently been founded by about one thousand English Puritans, led by John Winthrop.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

Puritans sought the freedom to live by their beliefs.

However, the Puritan leaders did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

As for personal freedom…

every member of the community was held to strict standards of behavior.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

In a Puritan community such as Hester’s, no aspect of life was truly private.

People kept a close watch on their neighbors.

The Scarlet Letter: Background

Those considered sinners were publicly—and harshly—punished, as an example to others.

Seven deadly Sins

Also as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a classification of objectionable vices

These particular bad habits are called the seven deadly sins because according to the Catholicism, they’re mortal sins – sins that kill the life of grace.

Modern 7 Deadly Sins

The Catholic Church has come out with a list of seven new modern day sins - 1,500 years after announcing the original Seven Deadly Sins

1.Genetic modification 2. Human experimentations 3. Polluting the environment 4. Social injustice 5. Causing poverty 6. Financial gluttony 7. Taking drugs

According to the Catholic Church, a person who commits a mortal sin risks burning in hell unless it's absolved through confession and penitence.

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What is a guilty pleasure?

A guilty pleasure is something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite the feeling guilt for enjoying it.The Guilt is involved is something simple fear of others discovering ones embarrassing tastes.Entertainment, fashion,video gamesmovies, Musicjunk food

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The Scarlet Letter: Discussion Starters

Discuss (1)

Hester goes to jail for an action that, in our society, usually would remain private.

• What kinds of wrongdoing do you think should be punished publicly?

• What kinds should remain private for the people involved?

The Scarlet Letter: Discussion Starters

Discuss (2)

Motivated by love and loyalty, Hester keeps a painful secret.

• What kinds of secrets should you keep?

• When might it be better to reveal a friend’s secret, even though that person will be angry with you?