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Scarlet letter

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Scarlet letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Genre

  • Fiction
  • Romance
  • Historical Fiction
  • Children's Literature

style

  • Influential to modern literature
  • Nineteenth century
  • Lengthy visual descriptions (pg 12, 17)
  • Formal dialouge (pg 62, 19-21)
  • Dark romanticism 

Other Works-
The Birthdale Romance
The House Of Seven Gables

The Scarlet Letter is a symbol for sin and punishment. This theme reoccurs throughout the novel

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Main characters

  • Hester Prynne
  • Arthur Dimmesdale
  • Roger Chillingworth
  • Pearl
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Hester Prynne

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Arthur Dimmesdale

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Roger Chillingwoth

Pearl

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Themes

  • Only by being genuine can we be our better selves
  • Romance
  • Lack of Forgiveness
  • Punsihment
  • Shame
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INtroduction

  • Organized by chapters
  • Author found manuscripts of a true event
  • Wrote a book based on those events

Key ideas

  • Old version of a modern reality show
  • Very scandalous
  • Love Triangle
  • Lots of lessons
  • Shows how people used to react to pregnancy

EValuation

  • very interesting
  • complex language
  • soap opera- drama drama
  • old book that continues to be read!
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By: Mary Herstel, Paisley Buchanan, and Tatyana Phanovoung

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