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==Outline==
 
==Outline==
 
Working Thesis: Pearl exists as a persistent and annoying symbol of the sin between Hester and Dimmesdale in ''The Scarlet Letter''. (change "annoying")
 
Working Thesis: Pearl exists as a persistent and annoying symbol of the sin between Hester and Dimmesdale in ''The Scarlet Letter''. (change "annoying")
  
 
*living reminder
 
*living reminder
*her activites and manners show this
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*her activities and manners show this
 
**demon child
 
**demon child
 
**maybe a devil
 
**maybe a devil
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**becomes normal
 
**becomes normal
 
**very rich
 
**very rich
**marries and lives ahppily every after
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**marries and lives happily every after
 
**(symbolism?)
 
**(symbolism?)

Latest revision as of 22:06, 16 October 2007

English 11 The Scarlet Letter Essay Topic

I changed essay topics so this outline is now abandoned

Outline

Working Thesis: Pearl exists as a persistent and annoying symbol of the sin between Hester and Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter. (change "annoying")

  • living reminder
  • her activities and manners show this
    • demon child
    • maybe a devil
      • more community scorn
    • sin produces sin
  • symbols big in romance novels
    • shows an alternate reality - not realism
  • purity
    • torments mother
    • doesn't understand twisted adult world
    • "more honest then adults"
  • focuses on "A"
    • raises questions about the letter often
    • always pointing it out
    • doesn't go to mother when she doesn't have it
  • bad to Dimmesdale because he won't talk about his sin
  • successful after book
    • becomes normal
    • very rich
    • marries and lives happily every after
    • (symbolism?)