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Revision as of 19:46, 13 October 2007
English 11 The Scarlet Letter Essay
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 activites 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 ahppily every after
- (symbolism?)