Annotated Bibliography For The Scarlet Letter
Annotated Bibliography
Carpenter, Frederic I. “Scarlet a Minus.” The English Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, JSTOR, 1944, pp. 173-180. JSTOR. In “The Scarlet Letter” Henry David Thoreau argues that Hester neither blindly sinned against her community, nor willfully did so through her passion and purpose. Frederic I Carpenter analyzes Thoreau’s transcendentalist view of Hester’s sin as ignorant. In Carpenter’s criticism, he claims that Hester’s sin displays the negative effects on others around her as a result of her sin. Carpenter states “Hester Prynne sinned blindly through passion, and her sin caused the tragedy.” (177). Carpenter’s examination that Hester’s sin of adultery causes grievance to multiple characters conveys the fact
Carpenter, Frederic I. “Scarlet a Minus.” The English Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, JSTOR, 1944, pp. 173-180. JSTOR. In “The Scarlet Letter” Henry David Thoreau argues that Hester neither blindly sinned against her community, nor willfully did so through her passion and purpose. Frederic I Carpenter analyzes Thoreau’s transcendentalist view of Hester’s sin as ignorant. In Carpenter’s criticism, he claims that Hester’s sin displays the negative effects on others around her as a result of her sin. Carpenter states “Hester Prynne sinned blindly through passion, and her sin caused the tragedy.” (177). Carpenter’s examination that Hester’s sin of adultery causes grievance to multiple characters conveys the fact