Find a quotation from "The Crucible." To access the play, go to my.hrw.com and sign in. The Crucible is under Early American Writing. Choose a quotation from page 138-141 that you think has a connection to The Scarlet Letter. Post the quotation in MLA format in the analysis section of the blog, and include a response comparing or contrasting its content to The Scarlet Letter.
Post something for the vocabulary words: deference, subservient, and corroborate.
"The edge of the wilderness was close by. The American continent stretched endlessly west, and it was full of mystery for them. It stood, dark, and threatening, over their shoulders night and day, for out of it Indian tribes marauded from time to time..."
ReplyDeleteThis quote about the story is similar to the Scarlet Letter in which they use the wilderness/forest to represent religiously bad things. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester was offered to meet the devil in the forest. This is understandable because both stories are set in a colonial, strictly Puritan society.
the forest represents not only "religiously bad things", also the opposite, of safety and freedom from the control of society
DeleteFor these reasons, among others, they carried about an air of innate resistance, even of persecution. Their fathers had, of course, been persecuted in England. So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong ways and deceitful ideas. (140)
ReplyDeleteThis quote is connected to the Scarlet Letter due to the fact that it contains persecutions and people searching for a new place to start a puritan religion, where they will not be hurt by the English government. Hester is related to this because in the quote it mentions a New Jerusalem and the new church often makes people feel like they are obliged to adhere to the rules.. thus Hester was put in jail for adultery.
"For these reasons, among others, they carried about an air of innate resistance, even of persecution"(140).
ReplyDeleteThis quote relates to the Scarlet Letter mainly in the way of persecution. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is persecuted because of her act of adultery. Hester is different from the public aspect of the puritan society and so she is ostracized and persecuted. The puritan ancestors were persecuted in England, so now the puritans are persecuting the aliens, those who disobey their rules, including Hester.
"This predilection for minding other people's business was time-honored among the people of Salem..."(140)
ReplyDeleteThis quote shows that the people of Salem were used to trying to catch each other sinning, and the sins of the people were made public. This was also true in The Scarlet Letter, because everyone knew that Hester had sinned, and she was publicly chastised in front of everyone