1. The widow Douglas has a good heart. She takes Huck to her, she gives him clothes, she feeds him, she offers him to go to school, and she gives him an own room to live in.
Huck answered, that he is not interested in dead people. That shows that he is realistic and lives in the world of today.
2. Superstition is used quite often in the first chapter. Huck sees a ghost, he burns a spider, he hears an owl. Superstition has a similarity to religion. Its is mentioned in chapter 1 a lot, because it is used as a motif to understand Huck in a better way.
3. Huck says, that he does not want to go to the 'good place', where people play harps all day long. He wants to have an adventure, a change, he wants to do something.
4. The trick Huck and Tom played on Jim was not really meant in a bad way. They took his hat and hung it up. As they are children, it was just meant as fun.
5. A servant is a really good name for a slave in that time. Jim has somebody that pays attention to him, that makes him feel good. This ruins him, because a slave in that time is not supposed to feel good.
6. Tom took the candle, even though he did not need it. He left the 5 cents on the table, because he thought that would be right, maybe even better for the person, if they get something that is more worth than the candles. I think Huck wouldn't have taken the candles as long as he really does not need them He just takes things, when he needs them, but then he wouldn't have let 5 cents on the table.
7. Tom stands for romanticism, Huck for realism in this book. Huck is a uneducated boy, that does not understand everything that people tell him. He lives in the world of today, he tries to be honest. Tom has education. He is clever, but he is also insidious. He wants to make everthing as romantic as possible.
8. Highwaymen sounds way better than burglars. Burglars are usual, there are a lot of them, Tom does not want to be like everyone else. Highwaymen sounds more noble, and it is more fun to stop wagons instead of breaking into houses.
9. When Miss Watson said when you pray for everything, you get it back, Huck thought, when you pray, you get back even material things. He tried to, it did not work. He also wonders, why no one prays for the things they lost. Then Miss Watson told him that it is for spiritual things, then he is not interested anymore.
10. Tom calls Huck a numskull, because he doesnt get a lot of things. When Tom says something, he believes, that Tom means it, but he often does not, for example with the gang they found. Huck thought they would really kill all the people, but Tom only attacked a picnic.
11. Tom is romantic. He acts like there are all the elephants, and the arabs. Huck does not get it. He is realistic, he does not believe in those things.
12. He gives all the money to the Judge Thatcher, because he does not want his dad to get access to it.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Vocabulary Words ..Evanescent . Veneration.. November 9th
Evanescent (adjective)
There is an evanescent popularity of people who fight for less violence in the world.
Veneration (noun)
Some people have a huge veneration on famous people.
There is an evanescent popularity of people who fight for less violence in the world.
Veneration (noun)
Some people have a huge veneration on famous people.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Vocabulary Words ..Magnate . Malleable.. November 8th
Magnate (Noun)
Josef Ackermann is a magnate in the German bank business
Malleable (Adjective)
Our arms are malleable. Otherwise we would fail at picking up things.
Josef Ackermann is a magnate in the German bank business
Malleable (Adjective)
Our arms are malleable. Otherwise we would fail at picking up things.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The Scarlet Letter .. The Nature of the Evil .. Post #55
I finally decided to take this theme as my essay theme.
The Evil is associated with the darkness in this book. Even though darkness can have good aspects, for example romance, it does not do here. With darkness Chillingworth is connected, and so Satan is, too. It seems like evil in this society is a lot about revenge and not being able to forgive. When someone decides on revenging he gets totally 'eaten' by the darkness. It is just like this person is some kind of puppet, a slave, that is totally devoted to the evil. It is just like you sign into a book with your own blood and it keeps you alive as long as you have something to suck from. You give your soul to the devil. Just as Chillingworth is the darkness in this book he needs sunlight of other people. He needs their pain. Like it always has been, evil needs good things to survive, just like there has to be sunlight for having shadows, there has to be light to have darkness, and so there has to be good to get bad things.
The Evil is associated with the darkness in this book. Even though darkness can have good aspects, for example romance, it does not do here. With darkness Chillingworth is connected, and so Satan is, too. It seems like evil in this society is a lot about revenge and not being able to forgive. When someone decides on revenging he gets totally 'eaten' by the darkness. It is just like this person is some kind of puppet, a slave, that is totally devoted to the evil. It is just like you sign into a book with your own blood and it keeps you alive as long as you have something to suck from. You give your soul to the devil. Just as Chillingworth is the darkness in this book he needs sunlight of other people. He needs their pain. Like it always has been, evil needs good things to survive, just like there has to be sunlight for having shadows, there has to be light to have darkness, and so there has to be good to get bad things.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech and his Patient .. Post #54
“Even in the grave-yard, here at hand,” answered the physician, continuing his employment. “They are new to me. I found them growing on a grave, which bore no tombstone, nor other memorial of the dead man, save these ugly weeds that have taken upon themselves to keep him in remembrance. They grew out of his heart, and typify, it may be, some hideous secret that was buried with him, and which he had done better to confess during his lifetime.”
Is this some kind of a tactic of Chillingworth to get deeper into Dimmesdale's heart? Even though it was not Dimmesdale's grave where the herbs grew, it connects to him, as he has a secret in his heart too. It is like the jewell Chillingworth keeps looking for in Dimmesdale's heart. The jewell, the secret in Dimmesdale's heart, that keeps Chillingworth's heart bumping.
Is this some kind of a tactic of Chillingworth to get deeper into Dimmesdale's heart? Even though it was not Dimmesdale's grave where the herbs grew, it connects to him, as he has a secret in his heart too. It is like the jewell Chillingworth keeps looking for in Dimmesdale's heart. The jewell, the secret in Dimmesdale's heart, that keeps Chillingworth's heart bumping.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty four - Conclusion .. Post #53
“Don’t you know,” cried the ship’s captain, “that this doctor here—he calls himself Chillingworth—has decided to try ship’s cooking along with you? Yeah, sure, you must have known. He tells me that he is a member of your party and a close friend of the gentleman you spoke of—the one that is in danger from these sour old Puritans.”
and
"Even across the broad and busy square, through all the talk and laughter and various thoughts, moods, and interests of the crowd, that smile conveyed a secret and fearful meaning."
compared to
"But what distinguished the physician's ecstasy from Satan's was the trait of wonder in it!" (Page 121, Chapter Nine)
Chillingworth changed during the book. He changed throughout his whole life. First, when he married Hester he was a normal person, studying books, trying to get more and more knowledge. Then he decided to take revenge and this revenge converted him into an evil man. He needed Dimmesdale to survive. First he was some kind of a substitute of Satan, until he finally changed into Satan. When he was described with the snake earlier in the book that was one of the first hints because Satan often gets described in the body of a snake. When he was wondering he was not totally evil yet, he still had some light in him but at the end of the book, he was not wondering anymore. All the light was gone, he turned into a devil. That is the reason he dies in the end. Would he have survived if there had been light somewhere hidden in him? Or would he have died anyways?
and
"Even across the broad and busy square, through all the talk and laughter and various thoughts, moods, and interests of the crowd, that smile conveyed a secret and fearful meaning."
compared to
"But what distinguished the physician's ecstasy from Satan's was the trait of wonder in it!" (Page 121, Chapter Nine)
Chillingworth changed during the book. He changed throughout his whole life. First, when he married Hester he was a normal person, studying books, trying to get more and more knowledge. Then he decided to take revenge and this revenge converted him into an evil man. He needed Dimmesdale to survive. First he was some kind of a substitute of Satan, until he finally changed into Satan. When he was described with the snake earlier in the book that was one of the first hints because Satan often gets described in the body of a snake. When he was wondering he was not totally evil yet, he still had some light in him but at the end of the book, he was not wondering anymore. All the light was gone, he turned into a devil. That is the reason he dies in the end. Would he have survived if there had been light somewhere hidden in him? Or would he have died anyways?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty four - Conclusion .. Post #52
"All his strength and energy—all his vital and intellectual force—seemed at once to desert him;"
"Leaving this discussion apart, we have a matter of business to communicate to the reader. At old Roger Chillingworth’s decease (which took place within the year)..."
Finally Chillingworth died too. First he just lost all his strength, he got weaker, than all his life faded away. I think again Dimmesdale is the reason that he dies. Again Chillingworth does not have any victim, any sins to get nourished from, and so he finally 'starves' to death.
"Leaving this discussion apart, we have a matter of business to communicate to the reader. At old Roger Chillingworth’s decease (which took place within the year)..."
Finally Chillingworth died too. First he just lost all his strength, he got weaker, than all his life faded away. I think again Dimmesdale is the reason that he dies. Again Chillingworth does not have any victim, any sins to get nourished from, and so he finally 'starves' to death.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty four - Conclusion .. Post #51
"... like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun."
Again there is the comparison of dark and light. Chillingworth is this seed that lies in the sun. He cannot live with too much sunlight, with too much happiness, joy, purity. He needs the darkness in a person, their sin, their fears. He needs a person who has sinned, who carries a sin, a dark side in his soul to nourish himself. That is the reason he cannot survive in the sunlight.
Again there is the comparison of dark and light. Chillingworth is this seed that lies in the sun. He cannot live with too much sunlight, with too much happiness, joy, purity. He needs the darkness in a person, their sin, their fears. He needs a person who has sinned, who carries a sin, a dark side in his soul to nourish himself. That is the reason he cannot survive in the sunlight.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech .. Post #50
"The Leech" (Title)
I finally can tell what the title means. Sure it is about Chillingworth, just as the chapter after that chapter but what about the leech? I think Chillingworth is just like a Leech. He needs to 'attach' to other people and needs to get what keeps a Leech' victim alive to stay alive. Chillingworth is just like that. He needs other people's pain and sin to stay alive and not to die.
I finally can tell what the title means. Sure it is about Chillingworth, just as the chapter after that chapter but what about the leech? I think Chillingworth is just like a Leech. He needs to 'attach' to other people and needs to get what keeps a Leech' victim alive to stay alive. Chillingworth is just like that. He needs other people's pain and sin to stay alive and not to die.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty three - The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter .. Post #49
| That final word came forth with the minister’s expiring breath. The multitude, silent till then, broke out in a strange, deep voice of awe and wonder, which could not as yet find utterance, save in this murmur that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit. Dimmesdale died. Why did he die? Maybe he would have died years before but Chillingworth tortured him. As the Devil he kept him alive with his torture to have somebody to get 'food' from. Now as he does not have a sin within him and so Chillingworth does not have anything to get out of Dimmesdale anymore. It is like he already has been in hell but now as he got pure with revealing his sin he finally got into heaven. |
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty three - The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter .. Post #48
| “Thou hast escaped me!” he repeated more than once. “Thou hast escaped me!” These words came from Chillingworth. Dimmesdale did escape him. Why did he escape him? I think Chillingworth lives from Dimmesdale's pain and as Dimmesdale just revealed his secret, his deepest sin, he did escape him, because now he is no longer a victim of Chillingworth' torture. |
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twentyone - The New England Holiday .. Post #47
| “What a strange, sad man is he!” said the child, as if speaking partly to herself. “In the dark night-time, he calls us to him, and holds thy hand and mine, as when we stood with him on the scaffold yonder! And in the deep forest, where only the old trees can hear, and the strip of sky see it, he talks with thee, sitting on a heap of moss! And he kisses my forehead, too, so that the little brook would hardly wash it off! But here in the sunny day, and among all the people, he knows us not; nor must we know him! A strange, sad man is he, with his hand always over his heart!” Here the comparison between dark and light is mentioned. In the dark, where noone else is, Dimmesdale reveals his secret, but in the daylight, where everybody can see him, he does not say something. Could this also be a comparison to Chillingworth and Pearl? Even though he does not want to reveal his secret to Chillingworth, he finds out. So the darkness knows. The light knows it too, but Pearl is probably not that sure, that he knows it. |
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twenty - The Minister in a Maze .. Post #46
Here the Title is the MINISTER in a Maze. In Chapter 17, it says the Pastor and his Parishioner. Chapter 12 is the Minister's Vigil. Why does Hawthorne always change the chapter titles from Pastor to Minister? Does it have something to do with what Dimmesdale does is the Chapter? In Chapter Twelve he goes up to the scaffold, so he tries to reveal his sin, even though no one really sees it. In Chapter Seventeen Hester tells him, that Chillingworth was her husband, that he is evil. On Chapter Twenty Dimmesdale he goes around. He is different than before and he still treats Chillingworth as nothing had happened. Could it be that in those chapters he is not really a pastor anymore?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Seventeen - The Pastor and his Parishioner .. Post #45
"For years past she had looked from this estranged point of view at human institutions, and whatever priests or legislators had established; criticizing all with hardly more reverence than the Indian would feel for the clerical band, the judicial robe, the pillory, the gallows, the fireside, or the church. The tendency of her fate and fortunes had been to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread."
Again the meaning of the A had changed. Now from Adultery to Able, from Able to Angel, and now it is like a passport. A passport for what? Being ABLE to do something no one else does? To flee from society into a better world?
Again the meaning of the A had changed. Now from Adultery to Able, from Able to Angel, and now it is like a passport. A passport for what? Being ABLE to do something no one else does? To flee from society into a better world?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Seventeen - The Pastor and his Parishioner .. Post #44
| “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! " He does forgive her. She forgave him as he was not with her all the years. Both can forgive in a society where forgiveness is not the most normal thing. They both stand out of society. But what does he mean when he says May God forgive us both? Does he mean God? As Pearl is a connection to light, to heaven or even to Jesus, as she is an outsider, just as Jesus was and her mother is like the Virgin Mary, she could be the God that should forgive? |
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Seventeen - The Pastor and his Parishioner .. Post #43
"But a lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side! Dost thou not see what I would say? That old man!—the physician!—he whom they call Roger Chillingworth!—he was my husband!”
Hester finally tells Dimmesdale her secret. The only secret that was left in her. But why did she tell Chillingworth before? Does she think she is strong enough to stand Chillingworth? She might is - but what about Dimmesdale? Is he? I think he might is not. He even has problems to forgive Hester. Then why did Hester tell him about Chillingworth, even though she knows that he might is not strong enough to handle that?
Hester finally tells Dimmesdale her secret. The only secret that was left in her. But why did she tell Chillingworth before? Does she think she is strong enough to stand Chillingworth? She might is - but what about Dimmesdale? Is he? I think he might is not. He even has problems to forgive Hester. Then why did Hester tell him about Chillingworth, even though she knows that he might is not strong enough to handle that?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Sixteen - A Forest Walk .. Post #42
"Now, see! There it is, playing, a good way off. Stand you here, and let me run and catch it. I am but a child. It will not flee from me; for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!” (Page 160)
She does not wear a symbol on her bosom yet... Yet? Does she want to wear it? Or is she just thinking it is normal to wear it. I think she thinks that it just grows on a persons bosom within time, it is something that belongs to life. Or is it just that she knows the A has something bad. That it is a symbol of committing a sin? That she will sin later on in her life? Even she, the pure girl that is so different from everybody else? Is she hinting on every Person's sin, that everybody on this earth is a sinner?
She does not wear a symbol on her bosom yet... Yet? Does she want to wear it? Or is she just thinking it is normal to wear it. I think she thinks that it just grows on a persons bosom within time, it is something that belongs to life. Or is it just that she knows the A has something bad. That it is a symbol of committing a sin? That she will sin later on in her life? Even she, the pure girl that is so different from everybody else? Is she hinting on every Person's sin, that everybody on this earth is a sinner?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Sixteen - A Forest Walk .. Post #41
"Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. "
The sunshine does not love Hester because she is not like Pearl. Pearl is pure, she is happy, she is nature, so as a fact of that the sunshine is a part of Pearl, she is connected to it. But Hester is not pure anymore. She sinned. She is not filled with light. Sure, she still has light in her, not like Chillingworth, who is completely associated with darkness. But she carries darkness with her.
The sunshine does not love Hester because she is not like Pearl. Pearl is pure, she is happy, she is nature, so as a fact of that the sunshine is a part of Pearl, she is connected to it. But Hester is not pure anymore. She sinned. She is not filled with light. Sure, she still has light in her, not like Chillingworth, who is completely associated with darkness. But she carries darkness with her.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Fifteen - Hester And Pearl .. Post #40
"Just then, she heard her mother’s voice, and, flitting along as lightly as one of the little sea-birds, appeared, before Hester Prynne, dancing, laughing, and pointing her finger to the ornament upon her bosom." (Page 155)
Again Pearl is described as a bird. This is a motif throughout the book, just as Chillingworth is connected with the devil. Nature and the Puritan Society are total opposites. Everybody in this town has to live after rules. Everybody? Does Pearl have to live after rules? I think she does not. it seems like she was born out of the society, even though her parents were both a part of it - she isn't.
Again Pearl is described as a bird. This is a motif throughout the book, just as Chillingworth is connected with the devil. Nature and the Puritan Society are total opposites. Everybody in this town has to live after rules. Everybody? Does Pearl have to live after rules? I think she does not. it seems like she was born out of the society, even though her parents were both a part of it - she isn't.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Vocabulary Words ..Esoteric . Vitiatic.. November 4th
Esoteric ( adjective)
His esoteric knowledge made him a wise man.
Vitiate (v)
The amount of CO2 that is released every year vitiates the climate change.
His esoteric knowledge made him a wise man.
Vitiate (v)
The amount of CO2 that is released every year vitiates the climate change.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Practice Essay Question - How Hester got banned from society .. Post #39
-Hester banned from society because of sin - something that everybody did but maybe worse, maybe not, but hers got public
-People stare and mock at her, and they talk bad about Hester
-She could have gone away from the colony, but she didnt --> feeling to stay or come back to a place where you did something wrong --> learning a lot from that
-She does a lot of good things for society, helps people, creates garments for them, but they treat her in the same way, a an outcast
-Is seen as a bad thing, like a witch, trying to get her child away
Hester Prynne got banned from society because she did something, everybody does every day. I'm sure, that nearly every person in this society has sinned at least once. But no one ever found out. The results maybe were not that obvious as the result, that Hester's sin has. A child. Even though she could have left, flee from all the shame and pain she could feel with staying in the society, she did not leave at all. She stayed in the colony, with the mark on her bosom, all the pain and memories around her. Why did she stay? Just because she did not know where to go? Maybe she wanted to stay to see what happens to her child's father. Or maybe it is just some kind of curse that keeps a person at a place where something really important happened? Indeed this one sin was important to her. It changed her whole life in both directions. It enriched it, but it also made her feel farther away from it. She was an outcast. She was not allowed to do all the things she did before. All the people stared at her bosom, when she crossed the market place, the talked badly about her, they did not treat her like a normal person anymore. Even that has a good and a bad side. She did not belong to society anymore. She was free. But on the other hand it must have been kind of hurting to have anyone treat you like something else, like a witch or a creature. And even though she tried to do good things, not everybody appreciates that. All the garments she did to the poor people, all the neatness she had against other people, the compassion, and hardly anybody treated her normal. They did not see the person in her, they only looked at the symbol on her bosom, a simple letter that turned a person into something strange, something repulsive that did not deserve to be treated equally. But every negative thing has a positive side, just as every positive side has a negative one. After everything you learn something, whether it is bad or not. When everyone is against you, it becomes easier to stand it. You do not get hurt that easily, you become colder - a part of your emotions can even die. It became easier for Hester to stand all that. But she still kept her feelings. She created a link to her daughter, the only person, except of Dimmesdale, who did not judge her for her sin. She was the only person, who was there for her, she became Hester's life. And they tried to take her life away from her. As she was not seen as a portly person anymore, not able to care for her child, they wanted to take her daughter away, the only thing that meant something in Hester's life. But it was important that it happened the way it happened. If she just ran away from her fears, from everything, the plot never would have happened. She would not have gotten that strong, Pearl would not have raised up the way she did.
-People stare and mock at her, and they talk bad about Hester
-She could have gone away from the colony, but she didnt --> feeling to stay or come back to a place where you did something wrong --> learning a lot from that
-She does a lot of good things for society, helps people, creates garments for them, but they treat her in the same way, a an outcast
-Is seen as a bad thing, like a witch, trying to get her child away
Hester Prynne got banned from society because she did something, everybody does every day. I'm sure, that nearly every person in this society has sinned at least once. But no one ever found out. The results maybe were not that obvious as the result, that Hester's sin has. A child. Even though she could have left, flee from all the shame and pain she could feel with staying in the society, she did not leave at all. She stayed in the colony, with the mark on her bosom, all the pain and memories around her. Why did she stay? Just because she did not know where to go? Maybe she wanted to stay to see what happens to her child's father. Or maybe it is just some kind of curse that keeps a person at a place where something really important happened? Indeed this one sin was important to her. It changed her whole life in both directions. It enriched it, but it also made her feel farther away from it. She was an outcast. She was not allowed to do all the things she did before. All the people stared at her bosom, when she crossed the market place, the talked badly about her, they did not treat her like a normal person anymore. Even that has a good and a bad side. She did not belong to society anymore. She was free. But on the other hand it must have been kind of hurting to have anyone treat you like something else, like a witch or a creature. And even though she tried to do good things, not everybody appreciates that. All the garments she did to the poor people, all the neatness she had against other people, the compassion, and hardly anybody treated her normal. They did not see the person in her, they only looked at the symbol on her bosom, a simple letter that turned a person into something strange, something repulsive that did not deserve to be treated equally. But every negative thing has a positive side, just as every positive side has a negative one. After everything you learn something, whether it is bad or not. When everyone is against you, it becomes easier to stand it. You do not get hurt that easily, you become colder - a part of your emotions can even die. It became easier for Hester to stand all that. But she still kept her feelings. She created a link to her daughter, the only person, except of Dimmesdale, who did not judge her for her sin. She was the only person, who was there for her, she became Hester's life. And they tried to take her life away from her. As she was not seen as a portly person anymore, not able to care for her child, they wanted to take her daughter away, the only thing that meant something in Hester's life. But it was important that it happened the way it happened. If she just ran away from her fears, from everything, the plot never would have happened. She would not have gotten that strong, Pearl would not have raised up the way she did.
Vocabulary Words ..Opaque . propensity.. November 3rd
Opaque (adjective)
The opaque night and the wet road were the reason the car crashed a person.
propensity (noun)
I have a propensity to talk way too much. And to eat too much candy.
The opaque night and the wet road were the reason the car crashed a person.
propensity (noun)
I have a propensity to talk way too much. And to eat too much candy.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Fifteen - Hester And Pearl .. Post #38
"Did the sun, which shone so brightly everywhere else, really fall upon him? Or was there, as it rather seemed, a circle of ominous shadow moving along with his deformity whichever way he turned himself? And whither was he now going?" (Page 153)
Again Chillingworth is connected to the dark. The sun never shines on him, a shadow always is around him. He is the complete opposite of Pearl, who is connected to the sunlight. But there cant be shadows without sunlight. Is this a hint that Chillingworth needs the sunlight? Or at least a person who has sunlight in him? He married Hester, and now he is with Dimmesdale. Both have sunlight in them, but also both are connected with the darkness, because they sinned. Does Chillingworth need a soul with sunlight to survive? Does he need to suck at the good part of a soul to live?
Again Chillingworth is connected to the dark. The sun never shines on him, a shadow always is around him. He is the complete opposite of Pearl, who is connected to the sunlight. But there cant be shadows without sunlight. Is this a hint that Chillingworth needs the sunlight? Or at least a person who has sunlight in him? He married Hester, and now he is with Dimmesdale. Both have sunlight in them, but also both are connected with the darkness, because they sinned. Does Chillingworth need a soul with sunlight to survive? Does he need to suck at the good part of a soul to live?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Fourteen - Hester and the Physician .. Post #37
"But the visionary little maid, on her part, beckoned likewise, as if to say, -'This is a better place! Come though into the pool!'" (Page 147)
In this paragraph we see Pearl and her beauty reflected in the water. The water reflects her being, and as water represents nature it says that nature reflects her soul. When it says come here, does it mean that she should flee into a better world - into the nature, where she belongs to?
In this paragraph we see Pearl and her beauty reflected in the water. The water reflects her being, and as water represents nature it says that nature reflects her soul. When it says come here, does it mean that she should flee into a better world - into the nature, where she belongs to?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Thirteen - Another View of Hester .. Post #36
In this chapter we see that Hester, or at least what she stands for, had changed. Seven years ago she was this symbol that stood for adultery, sins and everyone spotted at her. Now the meaning of the A changed. From Adultery to Able, how they say. Maybe it stands for something like Angel, how the A in the sky was interpreted one chapter before. It could be possible as she helps everyone and has such a guilty heart, that it could be easily interpreted with Angel. Have they forgotten about the sin she committed? If yes, why does she still wear the Letter on her chest? Is it because she became the letter? The letter became one of her characters, she is only known with it, so if she put it away, she will lose her individuality or even her soul?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twelve - The Minister's Vigil .. Post #35
"... this morning on the scaffold, where evil-doers are set up to public shame. Satan dropped it there, I take it, intending a scurrilous jest against your reverence. A pure hand needs no glove to cover it!" (Page 138)
The Minister's glove has been found on the scaffold. As the Minister is holy they don't believe that he has been up on the scaffold. So they say Satan has been up on the scaffold. But the minister knows that his hand is not pure and he indeed needs a glove to cover it because he is a sinner. Could it be, that he wants to be caught? That it was on purpose that the glove has been on the scaffold? Did he just let it there?
The Minister's glove has been found on the scaffold. As the Minister is holy they don't believe that he has been up on the scaffold. So they say Satan has been up on the scaffold. But the minister knows that his hand is not pure and he indeed needs a glove to cover it because he is a sinner. Could it be, that he wants to be caught? That it was on purpose that the glove has been on the scaffold? Did he just let it there?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Twelve - The Minister's Vigil .. Post #34
The Scaffold Scene.
In the book there are three scaffold scenes. The first one was in chapter 2. Hester and Pearl stand on the scaffold, Bellingham, Wilson and Dimmesdale were above it, Chillingworth was below it, just as the people.
The second scene is in chapter twelve. Here Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale are on the scaffold, The shooting star was above it, Chillingworth and Wilson were below it.
Hester and Pearl are twice on the scaffold, Dimmesdale went down, from the balcony down to the scaffold. Does he walk down again? Will he be next to the scaffold on the last scene? Another thing is the comparison from night and day. The first scene was in the daylight, the second in the middle of the night. What will the third be?
In the book there are three scaffold scenes. The first one was in chapter 2. Hester and Pearl stand on the scaffold, Bellingham, Wilson and Dimmesdale were above it, Chillingworth was below it, just as the people.
The second scene is in chapter twelve. Here Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale are on the scaffold, The shooting star was above it, Chillingworth and Wilson were below it.
Hester and Pearl are twice on the scaffold, Dimmesdale went down, from the balcony down to the scaffold. Does he walk down again? Will he be next to the scaffold on the last scene? Another thing is the comparison from night and day. The first scene was in the daylight, the second in the middle of the night. What will the third be?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech and his Patient .. Post #33
"But what distinguished the physician's ecstasy from Satan's was the trait of wonder in it!" (Page 121)
Did Satan ever wonder? Isn't it like the devil never wonders, he knows things? If yes, why does Chillingworth wonder? Isn't he Satan? Maybe he is just some helper, or his representative on earth.
Did Satan ever wonder? Isn't it like the devil never wonders, he knows things? If yes, why does Chillingworth wonder? Isn't he Satan? Maybe he is just some helper, or his representative on earth.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech and his Patient .. Post #32
"... in quest of a jewel that had been buried on the dead man's bosom..." (Page 113)
Jewels usually are something very worthwhile. This refers to the secret in Dimmesdale's heart. But it could also be a referring to the love and guilt in his heart, which all the people of the colony think he has in there, even though he is the biggest sinner of all.
Jewels usually are something very worthwhile. This refers to the secret in Dimmesdale's heart. But it could also be a referring to the love and guilt in his heart, which all the people of the colony think he has in there, even though he is the biggest sinner of all.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech .. Post #31
"His first entry on the scene, few people could tell whence, dropping down, as it were, out of the sky, or starting..."
This paragraph again is about Chillingworth. It says that he 'Fell out of the sky'. As Chillingworth is referred to the devil, this could be another hint to the bible. One of the theories how satan was created is that when God was in Eden, he felt lonely and before he made Adam and Eve he banned the Loneliness out of his body, which came to life and so satan was made.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Nine - The Leech .. Post #30
"... vanish out of life as completely as if he indeed lay at the bottom of the ocean..." (Page 104)
This paragraph is about Chillingworth deleting his name out of society. The bottom of the ocean is something very dark. This could reflect Chillingworth' soul which is compared with the devil because it says that the devil's soul is black as the night.
This paragraph is about Chillingworth deleting his name out of society. The bottom of the ocean is something very dark. This could reflect Chillingworth' soul which is compared with the devil because it says that the devil's soul is black as the night.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Vocabulary words. WHY?
Opaque (Adj) - dark, foggy, not clear - nebelig, dunkel
Propensity (Noun) - if someone tends to do something - Neigung, Tendenz
Esoteric (noun, adjective) - secretly, inner knowledge, spiritual - inneres Wissen, spirituell
Vitiated (verb) - negative functioned on something - beeinträchtigt
Magnate (noun) - a member of nobility - Keine Ahnung haha
Malleable (adjective) - flexible (substances) - dehnbar, verformbar
Dearth (noun) - a lack of something - Mangel, Fehlen
Florid (adjective) - thriving, vivid - blühend
Evanescent (adjective) - fading - schwindend
Veneration (noun) - adoration, worship - Bewunderung
Propensity (Noun) - if someone tends to do something - Neigung, Tendenz
Esoteric (noun, adjective) - secretly, inner knowledge, spiritual - inneres Wissen, spirituell
Vitiated (verb) - negative functioned on something - beeinträchtigt
Magnate (noun) - a member of nobility - Keine Ahnung haha
Malleable (adjective) - flexible (substances) - dehnbar, verformbar
Dearth (noun) - a lack of something - Mangel, Fehlen
Florid (adjective) - thriving, vivid - blühend
Evanescent (adjective) - fading - schwindend
Veneration (noun) - adoration, worship - Bewunderung
Monday, November 1, 2010
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Eight - The Elf-Child and the Minister .. Post #29
"The shadow of the curtain fell on Hester Prynne, and partially concealed her." (Page 97)
Shadows stand for darkness, night, and unclearness. It also stands for evil things. It could stand for the sin that she did. It follows her and covers her wherever she walks. Moreover it could stand for night which appears quite often in the book as a comparison of day and night.
Shadows stand for darkness, night, and unclearness. It also stands for evil things. It could stand for the sin that she did. It follows her and covers her wherever she walks. Moreover it could stand for night which appears quite often in the book as a comparison of day and night.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Seven - The Governor's Hall .. Post #28
"... glossy brown, and which, in after years, would be nearly akin to black. There was fire [...] of gold threat."
Brown is the color of nature, next to green. It's the color of soil and wood. Black is the color of bad things, of death, sorrow and, next to red its the color of the devil.
Why does her hair color changes in a few years? Is she gonna lose her connection to nature? Or at least does it become less? Is she gonna have sorrows in the future?
Gold is the color of heat and sun. Again she is compared with the sun. But also a part of the Letter on Hester's bosom is golden. She wears golden, The Scarlet Letter 'Wears' golden. Is that a hint? Is she the scarlet letter? A living scarlet letter, a living symbol?
Brown is the color of nature, next to green. It's the color of soil and wood. Black is the color of bad things, of death, sorrow and, next to red its the color of the devil.
Why does her hair color changes in a few years? Is she gonna lose her connection to nature? Or at least does it become less? Is she gonna have sorrows in the future?
Gold is the color of heat and sun. Again she is compared with the sun. But also a part of the Letter on Hester's bosom is golden. She wears golden, The Scarlet Letter 'Wears' golden. Is that a hint? Is she the scarlet letter? A living scarlet letter, a living symbol?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Seven - The Governor's Hall .. Post #27
"...along by her mother's side, and, constantly in motion form morn till sunset..."
This paragraph is about Pearl. It says that she is only outside till sunset. Sure, for a girl in her age it is normal not to be outside during the night, but maybe there is something more behind it.
Sunlight is a symbol for life, good things and for purity. Life is also meant by the color red - which Pearl is more attracted to than to everything else. But what about the purity? Does it mean that she can only walk outside during daylight because its pure and night isn't? But what about Hester being by her side every time? She wears the symbol of shame on her bosom - she is the total opposite of being pure.
This paragraph is about Pearl. It says that she is only outside till sunset. Sure, for a girl in her age it is normal not to be outside during the night, but maybe there is something more behind it.
Sunlight is a symbol for life, good things and for purity. Life is also meant by the color red - which Pearl is more attracted to than to everything else. But what about the purity? Does it mean that she can only walk outside during daylight because its pure and night isn't? But what about Hester being by her side every time? She wears the symbol of shame on her bosom - she is the total opposite of being pure.
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Five - Hester at her Needle .. Post #26
"... from covering the symbol with her hand."
Hester is ashamed of the symbol on her bosom. She is afraid of what other people think of her. Are her thoughts more on the sin or on the person and symbol she became in the society? A sinner. A person who does not fit into the society anymore. Can she stand that? Does she wish to flee from all the shame? Away from the society, maybe back to Europe? Or does she still want to stay?
Hester is ashamed of the symbol on her bosom. She is afraid of what other people think of her. Are her thoughts more on the sin or on the person and symbol she became in the society? A sinner. A person who does not fit into the society anymore. Can she stand that? Does she wish to flee from all the shame? Away from the society, maybe back to Europe? Or does she still want to stay?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Five - Hester at her Needle .. Post #25
"But it is not recorded that [...] blushes of a bride." (Page 75)
Why is Hester allowed to create every kind of garments except of wedding clothes? Obviously she does a really good job in creating garments.
Are the people of the society afraid that the people who got the clothes would do the same thing as Hester did? Do they thing she bewitches the garments or something? Or is it just that she acts as a symbol that does not fit with wedding clothes?
Why is Hester allowed to create every kind of garments except of wedding clothes? Obviously she does a really good job in creating garments.
Are the people of the society afraid that the people who got the clothes would do the same thing as Hester did? Do they thing she bewitches the garments or something? Or is it just that she acts as a symbol that does not fit with wedding clothes?
The Scarlet Letter .. Chapter Five - Hester at her Needle .. Post #24
"Over and over again, the temper of souls [...] in its dungeon." (Page 73)
The temper of souls definitely is the devil, its dungeon is another word for hell. Its together with the idea of Hester staying in the colony in this paragraph and Dimmesdale, which is not known as Pearl's father on earth, having a future together with Hester, living in revenge.
Is Chillingworth this time connected with the devil? Does he wants to act revenge, even against Hester, not just against Chillingworth?
The temper of souls definitely is the devil, its dungeon is another word for hell. Its together with the idea of Hester staying in the colony in this paragraph and Dimmesdale, which is not known as Pearl's father on earth, having a future together with Hester, living in revenge.
Is Chillingworth this time connected with the devil? Does he wants to act revenge, even against Hester, not just against Chillingworth?
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