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review by . June 17, 2010
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  The narrative of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter plays out amid the religious fervor of an early American Puritan community. While an extremely diverse movement, and difficult to cleanly define, Puritan canon consisted of the Old and New Testaments, with an especial emphasis on the prophetic warnings of the Old Testament and an identification with the Old Testament Israelites. The Scarlet Letter acknowledges major Old Testament themes in the context of the …
Quick Tip by . July 17, 2010
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I found this book hard to read. The story itself was haunting and condemnatory.
Quick Tip by . July 13, 2010
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...I just really can't get into this old style of writing...
Quick Tip by . July 09, 2010
I absolutely loved the movie (with Demi Moore) but to follow the book takes a lot of HARD reading. Hawthorne is not an easy read.
Quick Tip by . July 09, 2010
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I read this book in high school,but i really liked it. Wouldn't mind owning this classic novel.
Quick Tip by . July 08, 2010
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This was a well written book but the message bothered me.
Quick Tip by . July 07, 2010
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yet another book i read my senior year. couldnt really get that into it tho.
review by . July 07, 2010
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I fully entered into this novel expecting to like it., although I knew nothing about the plot. The fact that the author was said to have very detailed sentenced intrigued me because I wished to see the characters through his eyes. Unfortunately I was let down, instead of being detailed I saw the novel as wordy and too thick for enjoyable reading. It has good attributes from a  literature stand point, but it put me off reading Hawthorne again.     …
Quick Tip by . June 24, 2010
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Hester, the protagonist, is a true model of redemption. She displays the fragility of the human spirit as well as the resilience. THe novel is a great showing of puritan values and satirical criticism.
Quick Tip by . June 21, 2010
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Although I read it in high school, I think of it now as a period piece.
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