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by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter is considered Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel--and the first quintessentially American novel in style, theme, and language. Set in seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts, the novel centers around the travails of Hester Prynne, who gives birth to a…

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HELP! Find a word...

Can anyone help me find a word?!? I cannot, for the life of me find the word 'woefully' in Chapter 16... Please HELP!!!

Posted By patrice o #58315 at Apr 25, 2008 11:31 AM in The Scarlet Letter || 2 replies

complication

hello,please can someone help me by telling me about the complication in the scarlet letter.where does it occur,please?

Posted By nouha b #86827 at Mar 31, 2009 4:19 PM in The Scarlet Letter || 0 replies

Close Reading...

Can anyone offer advice for close reading?  I'm terrible at it and have to close read parts of Chapter Seven by tomorrow. Help?

Posted By laura f #66585 at Oct 28, 2008 2:37 PM in The Scarlet Letter || 1 reply

pearl

i need an instance where pearl throws a fit.
i already have one (which is in the woods when she wouldnt come when she was called because hester took the scarlet letter off her chest) but i need another one. help pleasee! : )

Posted By emily v #66973 at Nov 09, 2008 3:06 PM in The Scarlet Letter || 1 reply