https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4 By: Maggie Keith en-us 2018-08-30 11:40:30 UTC 2018-09-07 16:02:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/276536968 Nathaniel Hawthorne, born July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts,was one of the greatest fiction writers in American literature. He is best known for The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850.

Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1860s]]> 2018-08-30 11:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/276536968 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277491394 Nathaniel Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, along with many other famous authors. Throughout college he studied reading and writing. By the time he graduation in 1824, Hawthorne had many published pieces. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine]]> 2018-09-04 11:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277491394 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277498571 SIn is the most dominant theme in the novel. Hester Prynne is repeatedly punished for committing the sin of adultery. She is forced to wear the scarlet letter A for the rest of her life so everyone knows what crime she has committed. This results in poor punishment and mistreatment for her sinning. Image of Hester Prynne with her scarlet letter]]> 2018-09-04 11:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277498571 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277502263 The theme of guilt is present in the Scarlet Letter by Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale's forbidden love. Hester Prynne is consumed by guilt when attempting to have a relationship with the father of her child. Guilt is also present in Hester Prynne's everyday life. Hester has to live with guilt everyday when looking at her beloved child, Pearl, who was the result of adultery. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale]]> 2018-09-04 12:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277502263 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277508361 The scarlet letter A has many meanings to the different characters throughout the novel. To Hester Prynne it is a symbol of humiliation, to Dimmesdale it is a symbol of guilt, to the Puritan community it's just a mark of punishment, and to Pearl it is just a bright and curious letter. ]]> 2018-09-04 12:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277508361 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277536755 Pearl, Hester's daughter, symbolizes sin and everything Hester gave up to have her. Hester named her daughter Pearl, to represent the great cost she came at. Hester loves her daughter, but when she chose to keep pearl, she chose to give up many things.]]> 2018-09-04 13:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277536755 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277542362 Puritan life revolved around God and religion. They tend to stay busy do to the thought that lazy hands attracted the devil. Church was mandatory and they lived simple, peaceful lives.]]> 2018-09-04 13:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/277542362 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/278905362 Puritans lived in small, single room mud homes with their family. They stayed very close with their family. Their food source mostly came from fishing and farming. The literacy rate was very high among the Puritans do to the fact that they wanted their children to be able to read the bible.]]> 2018-09-07 15:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/278905362 mk01478 https://padlet.com/mk01478/6yuwwxo1ysp4/wish/278918018 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathaniel-Hawthorne

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