Similarities Between Hop Frog And The Scarlet Letter

Challenging and unfamiliar texts were selected. Ariel read The Two King’s Children (Grimm, J., & Grimm, W., 2012) and La Historia Interminable [The Neverending Story] (Ende, 1979), and Sasha read The Fisherman’s Wife (Grimm, J., & Grimm, W., 2012) and Harry Houdini en el Barrio [Harry Houdini in the Neighborhood] (Gómez, 2013). A typescript for each of these texts was prepared following Goodman, Watson, and Burke’s (2005) guidelines. In addition to the typescripts, it was necessary to prepare a retelling guide for each of the text. I asked Sasha and Ariel to use whatever the language they feel more comfortable using. Once Ariel and Sasha read the Spanish and English texts, they were asked to retell the stories that they

The Scarlet Letter is about a woman named Hester Prynne and her crime of adultery. She had a baby with man who is not her husband, and she will not reveal who that man is. Throughout The Scarlet Letter Hester represents social injustice just as the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible do, and this injustice becomes accepted and leads to acceptance. Furthermore, Hester’s case represents injustice in the fact her case was unjustified and she was imprisoned on unfair judgement, just like the people convicted of witchcraft in Salem had been accused based off of opinion, not fact. Both have endings of acceptance of their “sin.”

The edgy tale of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is comparable in many ways to Arthur Miller’s haunting play The Crucible. Both are set in Puritan New England in the 17th century and revolve around the harsh law enforcement of the time. However, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of a woman as she deals with her heavy Puritan punishment, whereas The Crucible follows hysteria as it spreads throughout an entire town. Hester Prynne, the main character of The Scarlet Letter, was found guilty for adultery and sentenced to wear a red letter A on her chest to inform people of her sin. Similarly, The Crucible’s main character John Proctor admits to having committed lechery and is sent to jail for this and for being a

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When taking English Composition 2 I have learned various things that I can carry through with me throughout the rest of my academic and social life. The class English Composition 2 touched on the components of character, setting, short story, drama, and poetry. With each section and a lecture on each section I have taken away a piece away from each section, one thing that is for sure I will never read literature the same after this class. When talking about character we looked into the story Gorilla My Love and how the story is told through the eyes of a young black girl named Hazel. Concluding from this section of the class I learned that if the characters were to be different characters the story would change as whole. When looking deeper into the concept of setting as a class we had the opportunity to learn how to depict where the setting is, and learn how the setting can make a difference in any type of literature. For the concept of short stories as a student I looked deeper into the story of 20/20. After, a struggle on the topic of short stories I learned the different compontes that go into and are used in making a short story. For an example, the story 20/20 uses the model Freytag’s Pyramid to tell the story line. The component of Drama happened to be my favorite component of the class. I

Both the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Adventures of Huck Finn explore the ideas of slavery and its impact on daily life as a whole. The Narrative of Frederick Douglass makes a more straightforward argument, whereas Mark Twain uses a less serious story to outline the dangers of slavery have not only on the slaves, but society. Through the use of Pathos, Frederick Douglass shows the reader the cruelty and hypocrisy of slavery. Mark Twain uses a simple story, one not meant to be interpreted or analyzed, to show just how the people in southern regions viewed slaves in America during the Antebellum period. Even though Frederick Douglass and Mark Twain use

Both novels included people being used as examples to scare and shame others away from choosing the same course of action. The Scarlet Letter example was very clear, a scarlet letter A was stitched to the chest of Hester 's dress to wear at all times. The letter A stood for mistress. It was used to show the other people in the village who she was, what she has done, and what they must avoid doing. They also made her stand up on a raised platform so that all the village could see her and her letter. But eventually all came to accept Hester and began not to look at the letter as a sign for adultery, but for other words, even angels. The letter became a part of Hester and who she was, even Pearl didn’t want her to take the letter off. Although

The slave narratives Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jones are similar but different in many ways. The narratives tell from the perspective of a man and woman the struggles of slavery and their journey to freedom. Their slave narratives help us to better comprehend the trials and tribulations that happened during slavery. The main difference between Douglass’s and Jacobs’ narratives is their gender. Their gender has a direct impact on the experiences they had and how their got to their freedom.

Compare and Contrast the ways in which modern authors have re-imagined traditional narratives for their own purposes.

One of the opposing themes i found was government. In Slave Girl in California, the government was concerned when they got a call from the neighbors of Shyisma’s master saying that something suspicious was going on. The government sent people out to investigate what was going on and took Shyima into their custody. They took Shyima out of that situation because slavery isn’t legal anymore. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, the government was for slavery.

The idea of those who have sinned can be cruelly punished is one that that is both emitted in the Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. Both literary works share similar ideas, but also have quite a few differences. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the writer, utilizes symbolism for the scarlet letter, to be a symbol of Hester’s shame. The embroidered “A” on Hester’s bosom symbolizes the sin of adultery which she had committed. Not only was the sign of embarrasment used but also the scaffold had great importance in the Scarlet Letter. The scaffold was used as place of humiliation and guilt, where the criminal was put in a place to be viewed and judged by the whole town, ultimately, being judged by God. In addition, Pearl, Hester’s daughter was a constant reminder of the sin Hester had done. The town viewed Pearl as the devil’s offspring, due to the fact that she was born out of sin and not real love. In all, symbolism helps readers see the character’s emotions and realize that symbols form a person.

In both situations they had similar persuasive parts of the narratives. In both stories it convinced the readers of the hard fought times all slaves had to go through. For Frederick Douglas he showed how his master attacked him at such a young age. Since, Douglas mentioned the master attacking him, it catches the reader's attention that what was happening was very wrong. For Harriet Jacobs she tells us how it was hard for her to leave her family, but it was her only choice to escape to freedom. This teaches the reader that slavery was so awful, that it was necessary to leave her own family to stay alive. Ethos was used a lot in both stories. It was shown by both Frederick and Harriet explaining how difficult it was for them to stay alive.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne paints a picture of two equally guilty sinners, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale, and shows how both characters deal with their different forms of punishment and feelings of remorse for what they have done. Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale are both guilty of adultery, but have altered ways of performing penance for their actions. While Hester must pay for her sins under the watchful eye of the world around her, Reverend Dimmesdale must endure the heavy weight of his guilt in secret. It may seem easier for Reverend Dimmesdale to live his daily life since he is not surrounded by people who shun

“Hop-Frog” is a captivating short story of a joker who learns to deal with his problems, one way or another. Edgar Allan Poe draws you in with the tale of Hop-Frog and his encounters with the king and his royal council. With the help of his good friend Trippetta, Hop-Frog learns the ways of dealing with the demanding king and his foolish ministers. Using literary devices like imagery, plot, and point of view Edgar Allan Poe hooks you into the story as you learn to

The novel’s “precise detailing of the time of each event and the matter-of-fact usage of language” helps to bring this style to life (Pelayo 116).