Sunday, December 1, 2013
Scarlet letter, the whole ordeal(Once again i apologize for the extremely late post)
So to finish this off here is my opinion of this whole Scarlet letter ordeal. Even if the masses consider this piece of work to be a "Masterpiece" or whatever, i do not feel the same. Before you either agree or disagree with what im going to saying, first hear out my points, and then debate on whether or not you agree. First off, the reason literature is deemed a masterpiece, is because for the most part they are timeless. Topics such as forbidden love happen quite often in society so when a book is written about this topic it is usually a hit. The best example of this would be Romeo and Juliet. Now try to reason this against the Scarlet letter. If what happened in the scarlet letter happened now, would the same thing happen. the simple answer is no. As of now people are much less fearful of things, and portion of society has little no no faith in god, so that part would be completely irrelevant. Now this does not go to say anything against those who believe in a religion, or to those who dont, but i digress. "Bastard children" or those who are born out of wedlock, are quite common in today's society, so much so that, the term is rarely ever used in that context, so that part would be thrown out as well. Now take the scarlet letter, and remove the aspects of religion and the fact that Pearl was born out of wedlock, and what do you have, the lifeless shell of a broken minded story struggling to stay relevant in today's "modern" world. This does not go to say that we are any better than those before us, and many would stay to say we arent, but nonetheless, the connotation that these pieces of literature can stay with us throughout the ages, is simply not true. Eventually they will all become irrelevant, some more quickly than others.
Yeah, this again (I apologize for the extremely late post i was not in the country)
Chapter 9: So Chillingsworth changes his name so no one in the town knows who he is, save for Hester. This man is trying his hardest to blend in with this town, village area, and goes about it by means that seem quite odd. If you wanted to blend it, you would try and NOT attract attention to yourself, i mean if no one knew you were there, no one would question you. But this guy does the complete opposite, he approaches the town and states that he is a doctor. Being in this time period, the medicine is sub-par at best, so when the townspeople hear of a doctor they are all over him. So as he begins to adjust to life in the village he is asked to treat the leader of the town, i think they said he was the mayor or something along those lines, because albeit his youth, he is quite sick. I find this odd, how a random man appears in a town, states he is a doctor, and then the people of the town willingly agree to allow him to treat the leader of the town without a second thought. Then again there medicine wasnt that great either. The most common form of treatment, was when the doctor would throw a bottle of leaches on our, to get rid of the "Bad Blood" which they thought made you sick. A lot of people actually would die from these treatments.
A couple hundred of these babies outta cure what ailes yah.
Chapter 10: And the irritating Chillingsworth continues to exist. As of this point he is prodding the minster about his life. He is asking him a bunch of personal questions, that the minster doesnt want to answer. He doesnt get answers, but begins to unnerve the minster by talking about unconfessed sin. This is reinforced when they hear a cry and see Pearl with Hester, and when Chillingsworth asks a question to the minister he get irritated and leaves the room. He comes back later at night and looks at the mans chest, and he is apparently delighted at it. They dont mention what is on his chest, but one can assume, at least i did, that it is probably a giant A, like one that Hester has on. At this point, i believe that Pearl is the minister's daughter, and that is also the reason that Hester wouldnt tell anyone who the father was, because if the minster is sinning, image what the people would say.
Chapter 11: So Mr. Psycho (Dimmsedale, the minster guy) is still heading for worse with his mental and physical state. Plus he hates, Chillingsworth, but he doesnt understand why he dislikes him. Nontheless he is extremely sick, yet because of his sickness, he has began giving some of the best sermons ever. Most of them are on the topic of sin, which i find to support the idea of him being Pearl father. He starts being delusional having visions, and such as well as believing the world is not real. He is losing it, and he keeps trying to bury this sin, and the only thing it is doing for his is driving his slowly insane.
Chapter 12: This chapter really shows that the minister is losing it. He is standing on the scaffold where Hester was once being placed in shame, screaming about nothing, for no apparent reason. The only ones that manage to see him though are Pearl ad Hester. He asks them to join him, and they do and they hold hands. A giant meteor illuminated the sky and made a huge A in it, and then magically Chillingsworth appears and takes the minister home. He gives his most powerful sermon the next day and someone return a glove that he left on the scaffold the night before. This man is being driven insane by the sin that he continues to try and bury, so much so that he is doing things, that could potentially ruin him in the eyes of the local, yet he perseveres through this. And every time he does slip up, whose there? That's rights Chiilingsworth, just standing there plotting his revenge.
Chapter 13: This chapter starts off 7 years after Pearl has been born. It takes about the changes in the town, and how Hester is now much more active within it, and less of her old self. She is less happy and carefree, and now more of a recluse. Nonetheless, she has become a staple in this little town. She aside from this and learning that she feels that not telling Dimmesdale about the true identity of Chillingsworth may be happening, not much happens. Overall a very bland and boring chapter.
Chapter 14: So Hester wants the doc to stop tormenting the minister, yet he doesnt want to stop. He actually blames her, and tell her that it is her fault that this is happening. They argue, and so on, and he is described as being the embodiment of evil, he looks like hell, a creepy old man with a gnarled face. She asks him to forget his rage and be a human again, yet he refuses. This man has become consumed in his rage, and he will not stop until he gets his revenge. This is evident when he refuses to stop tormenting the minster even though there is no reason left to do so.
A couple hundred of these babies outta cure what ailes yah.
Chapter 10: And the irritating Chillingsworth continues to exist. As of this point he is prodding the minster about his life. He is asking him a bunch of personal questions, that the minster doesnt want to answer. He doesnt get answers, but begins to unnerve the minster by talking about unconfessed sin. This is reinforced when they hear a cry and see Pearl with Hester, and when Chillingsworth asks a question to the minister he get irritated and leaves the room. He comes back later at night and looks at the mans chest, and he is apparently delighted at it. They dont mention what is on his chest, but one can assume, at least i did, that it is probably a giant A, like one that Hester has on. At this point, i believe that Pearl is the minister's daughter, and that is also the reason that Hester wouldnt tell anyone who the father was, because if the minster is sinning, image what the people would say.
Chapter 11: So Mr. Psycho (Dimmsedale, the minster guy) is still heading for worse with his mental and physical state. Plus he hates, Chillingsworth, but he doesnt understand why he dislikes him. Nontheless he is extremely sick, yet because of his sickness, he has began giving some of the best sermons ever. Most of them are on the topic of sin, which i find to support the idea of him being Pearl father. He starts being delusional having visions, and such as well as believing the world is not real. He is losing it, and he keeps trying to bury this sin, and the only thing it is doing for his is driving his slowly insane.
Chapter 12: This chapter really shows that the minister is losing it. He is standing on the scaffold where Hester was once being placed in shame, screaming about nothing, for no apparent reason. The only ones that manage to see him though are Pearl ad Hester. He asks them to join him, and they do and they hold hands. A giant meteor illuminated the sky and made a huge A in it, and then magically Chillingsworth appears and takes the minister home. He gives his most powerful sermon the next day and someone return a glove that he left on the scaffold the night before. This man is being driven insane by the sin that he continues to try and bury, so much so that he is doing things, that could potentially ruin him in the eyes of the local, yet he perseveres through this. And every time he does slip up, whose there? That's rights Chiilingsworth, just standing there plotting his revenge.
Chapter 13: This chapter starts off 7 years after Pearl has been born. It takes about the changes in the town, and how Hester is now much more active within it, and less of her old self. She is less happy and carefree, and now more of a recluse. Nonetheless, she has become a staple in this little town. She aside from this and learning that she feels that not telling Dimmesdale about the true identity of Chillingsworth may be happening, not much happens. Overall a very bland and boring chapter.
Chapter 14: So Hester wants the doc to stop tormenting the minister, yet he doesnt want to stop. He actually blames her, and tell her that it is her fault that this is happening. They argue, and so on, and he is described as being the embodiment of evil, he looks like hell, a creepy old man with a gnarled face. She asks him to forget his rage and be a human again, yet he refuses. This man has become consumed in his rage, and he will not stop until he gets his revenge. This is evident when he refuses to stop tormenting the minster even though there is no reason left to do so.
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