Pleasantville And The Scarlet Letter
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The movie Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, and the novel, The Scarlet
Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, both were stories focused on outcasts in
society. Though they were written generations apart, they share similar
illusions of society, and judgments or actions from society.
Both societies ha ....
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.... these can never be achieved as they do not
realistically reflect human nature and peoples’ way of life.
Colors were symbolic in both The Scarlet Letter and Pleasantville,
especially red. The first instance of color in Pleasantville, was red. Red
was also symbolic in The Scarlet Letter, where the letter was scarlet, or
red. Red represented the heart. Not literally, but the human soul and an
individual’s feelings. The letter on Hester’s chest revealed her desires
which she acted upon, wh ....
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