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 The Scarlet Letter is considered a piece of American Romantic Literature because it is set in a remote past, the Puritan Era 200 years prior to author, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s time, and because it deals with the interior psychology of individual characters.  The Romantic Period in American Literature was from( ).

 Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. After graduating at Bowdoin College in Maine on 1825, Hawthorne returned to Salem and began to write short stories for 12 years. After The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, Hawthorne was recognition as an author. orne.gif

 Theme A. Alienation B. Appearance vs. Reality C. Breaking Society’s Rules D. Single Parenthood E. Love Triangles F. Religious Communities  Symbolism  Setting  Irony  Mood  Archaic Language  Allusions  Characterization

A. Alienation B. Appearance vs. Reality C. Breaking Society’s Rules D. Single Parenthood E. Love Triangles F. Religious Communities  An ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity. The theme provides an answer to the question What is the work about?

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The time and place in which a story unfolds

In Irony of situation, the result of an action is the reverse of what the actor expected. Dramatic irony, the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not. For example, the identity of the murderer in a crime thriller may be known to the audience long before the mystery is solved. Verbal irony, the contrast is between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant. A character may refer to a plan as brilliant, while actually meaning that (s)he thinks the plan is foolish. Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony gif.png

The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions.

Words, expressions, spellings, or phrases that are out of date in the common speech of an era, but still deliberately used by a writer, poet, or playwright for artistic purposes.

A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.

The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work: Methods may include (1) by what the character says about himself or herself (2) by what others reveal about the character (3) by the character's own actions.

 Theocracy  The New World  Crimes& Punishment  The Supernatural World  The Native Americans  Women in the Puritan World

 government ruled by or subject to religious authority.

 pertains to an order of existence beyond the scientifically visible universe. [ [

 In early colonial America, an unmarried woman enjoyed some of the same legal rights as men, but social customs required her to marry at an early age. After marriage, a woman lost her identity in the eyes of the law. She wasn't permitted to vote, and her access to education was very limited. Only a widow who didn't remarry was allowed to own property, conduct her own business, and retain her wages—a sad state of affairs. sty2.jpg

 XV. Adultery Committed: Convicted before the Justices of Assize, both Man and Woman to be set on the Gallowes an Hour, with a Rope about their Neck, And in the way from Thence to the common Gaol, to be Scourged, not exceeding Forty Stripes. And forever after to wear a Capital A of two inches long, of a contrary Coulour to their Cloathes, sewed on their upper Garments, on the Back or Arm, in open view. And as of then as they appear without it, openly to be Scourged, not exceeding Fifteen Stripes.

Students may choose one of the following to complete in their groups:  People Magazine’s Love Triangle of the Year.  Scarlet Letters: An Alphabet Book  Scarlet Letter: The Prequel  The Scarlet Letter Greeting Cards  The Scarlet Soundtrack  The Scarlet Letter Inter view  The Scarlet Diary  The Scarlet Times