Thursday, June 2, 2011

Scarlet Letter #6

1. Summarize what just happened in Chapter 23.
2.  As we've almost finished reading The Scarlet Letter, whose side are you on?  Do you side with the people who think that Hester must pay and wear the Scarlet letter?  Or do you side with Hester? 

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Scarlet Letter Post #5

"I do forgive you, Hester," replied the minister, at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger.  "I freely forgive you now. May God forgive us both!  We are not Hester, the worst sinners in the world.  There is one worse than even the most polluted priest! That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin.  He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of human heart.  Thou and I, Hester, never did so. 

For today's post explain what this excerpt means.  Who is speaking and who is he speaking about.  What does it have to do with our story in The Scarlet Letter?