His son, too, inherited the persecuting spirit, and made himself so conspicuous in the martyrdom of the witches, that their blood may fairly be said to have left a stain upon him. So deep a stain, indeed, that his old [9] dry bones, in the Charter Street burial-ground, must still retain it, if they have not crumbled utterly to dust! I know not whether these ancestors of mine bethought themselves to repent and ask pardon of Heaven for their cruelties; or whether they are now groaning under the heavy consequences of them, in another state of being.
Your email address will not be published. He was an American novelist, Dark Romantic and also a short story writer. Many of this short stories are famous, though. He had a family background quite different from a normal one. He was born on 4 th July and died on May 19 th , at the age of John Hawthorne was one of his ancestors.
He was a part of the jury in the Salem Witch Trials and was never repented for his actions. His family came from England and became the proper American citizen. The Scarlet writer is the only book that became his masterpiece and is still popular in the reading circles.
Let us move now to review and summarize this book in the best way. A big opening part of the book includes the introduction and history of the book.
It mentions about how this book came into being and some other things. The story is about a woman named Hester, whose illegal affair led her to give to a daughter.
She is brought to the trial for this crime. Not that he betrayed her but he lost his way somewhere in the sea. She never tells about her husband and would never reveal his name.
The Scarlet letter then became her punishment and also public shaming. She does not want him to be facing the same shame she faced in front of the whole city. However, his husband shows up later and decides to seek revenge on the people who ashamed her. He also decides that he would never reveal his identity in front of the people. Hester is the only one who truly knows that who he is. He starts practicing medicine in the city while working underground to take revenge.
Instead, they build a house on the outskirts of the Boston City. He, however, never forgives himself for what he had done and self-punishes himself. Years pass and now their daughter is 7, a beautiful child girl. One day when her mother and Pearl the daughter are returning from somewhere, they find him the father punishing himself for his crime. It is a book that keeps on giving, and one that can be enjoyed on a superficial as well as deep reading. He of the best of the genre.
Many people consider this book boring. Not so. The author has incorporated great details in the characters and the intricacies of being human. The Scarlet Letter was originally written in , and the writing style of the time was different than today; a better writing style than many modern books and what makes this book a classic.
Though the language is a bit cumbersome as it tended to be in that era, I am so glad that I read this classic at last. Knowing the general idea of the story in general terms, I was always curious as to who the other dinner was, and why Hester was the only one made to hear the shameful mark upon her breast.
I was not disappointed upon finishing this tale and finally having the answers to my curiosities! Well worth the dead of you can get through the more complicated wording. Novel Books.
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