The Scarlet Letter
Beginning of paper
Adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and
intrigue, all of which would make an excellent coming
attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a pretty good
book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it
long, drawn out, tedious, wearisome, sleep inducing,
insipidly asinine, an ....
Middle of paper
.... Hester can be seen as rebelling against a society where she
was forced into a loveless marriage and hence she would
be the "good guy," or girl, as the case may be. Also the
townspeople, the magistrates, and Chillingworth, Hester's
true husband, can be seen in both lights. Either they can
be perceived as just upholding the law -she committed a
crime, they enforce the law. On the other hand are they
going to extreme measures such as wanting to take Pearl,
Hester's daugh ....
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Word count: 481
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
