Need response for a survey for at least 5 people?? Thank You!!
2007-01-06 13:22:03 · 13 answers · asked by Christy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
How would you rate this book from a 1-10?
2007-01-06 13:55:33 · update #1
By chance I just finished listening to a books on CD version of "The Scarlet Letter". Certainly not something I would read for pleasure.
It is a thorough study of the malevolent effects that result from the Puritan ethos and social rigidity of that religious authoritarianism. The overwhelming feelings of guilt and worthlessness except as some perverse servant of God so interweaves the mindset of the people in the text that you wonder if any good can come of Hester Prynne and her daughter, "little Pearl".
The ending when Dr. Chillingworth, the actual husband of Hester, dies and leaves his extensive estate to Hester's daughter provides a material "happy" ending, although the real happy ending was Hester and her daughter escaping the perverse Puritan society.
I partially listened through the entire book to get a flavor of the extreme religious nonsense that was the fundamentalist Puritan religion that some religious fanatics of our own times would love to have us return to. "The Scarlet Letter" is a sobering experience to those who idealize the religious dogmas of our modern day religious fundamentalists or think them innocent and harmless. It makes one realize how how little peace is ever brought to anyone when they are forced to live a life of silly nonsense.
By the way, the first poster is wrong about no harm coming to the Rev. Dimmesdale, the father of Pearl, Hester's daughter. The book emphasizes how negative are the effects of him and how it eventually resulted in his death, immediately after his public confession. To judge that the text is about the hypocrisy of the father is to only read half of the book. What the book does try to illustrate is how the guilt of the sin of adultery permeates and pollutes everything and everyone.
2007-01-06 14:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's personification on the grounds that the brook is being given the human traits of: -Emotion: despair, cheerfulness, overburdened -Anatomy: heart Why this quote is primary? Good, i have never read the book in a long time, so i will take a bet... The wooded area that the three are in represents a 'exclusive sphere', or the place Hester, Pearl, and Arthur are allowed to return together as a loved ones since they are far from the pressures of society. The brook, which is in the forest is form of like a confidante for all of the secrets and techniques that had taken location within the forest. The personification of the brook makes it seem as if the brook is a character with feelings that persons inform their secrets and techniques to and the brook simply goes on moving along love it didn't know a factor.
2016-08-10 11:08:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is personification because of the fact the brook is being given the human traits of: -Emotion: melancholy, cheerfulness, overburdened -Anatomy: coronary heart Why this quote is substantial? nicely, i've got not examine the e book in a protracted time, so i will take a wager... The wooded area that the three are in represents a 'inner maximum sphere', or the place Hester, Pearl, and Arthur are allowed again at the same time as a kin because of the fact they are faraway from the pressures of society. The brook, that's interior the wooded area is sort of like a confidante for all the secrets and techniques that had taken place interior the wooded area. The personification of the brook makes it look as though the brook is a man or woman with thoughts that human beings tell their secrets and techniques to and the brook only is going on shifting alongside like it did not comprehend a area.
2016-10-30 05:04:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scarlet Letter was really a landmark book of its time. It remains, to my thinking at least, a must read book. The entire book revolves around Hester Prinn, an adulterer, and her spirit. It is also a very good sociological reference book. Although it is written as fiction, it accurately represents the attitudes of the puritans, especially their view on women. In the book, no one seems to care who the man was, just that Miss Prinn was an adulterer. It's a fascinating book.
rating: 9
2007-01-06 13:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 9. The best book I read as a teenager.
2007-01-06 20:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by Habt our quell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a classic, good read. It explores timeless themes of hypocrisy and double standards in society.
added per your request: assuming 10 is best rating, I'd give it an 8.
2007-01-06 13:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by Victoria1061 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My fave book ever. It's all about the degredation of women in society who were adulterers, but how the men suffered nothing from doing it themselves. It was a punishment to women. Great book!
2007-01-06 13:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's officially literature. Good book, read it.
A 10
2007-01-06 14:33:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I found it more boring than staring at a wall for multiple hours.
2007-01-06 13:29:06 · answer #9 · answered by SlashDance 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really liked it. I had to read it for class years ago
2007-01-06 13:29:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋