Scarlet Letter Movie Analysis
The Iroquois creation story is similar to the biblical story of creation. In the Bible, God is credited for the making of the universe and all the non-living things and living things, including mankind. The Iroquois creation story talks about two worlds, one is full of light and mankind and the other world is full of darkest and monsters. This description is comparable to the idea of heaven and hell. According to the bible, heaven is a place full of light, beauty, and this place is where God and his angel reside. While hell is a place full with darkest, pain and anguish. The sky woman is the creator of the universe, just as God is the creator in the biblical story. The good son (good mind) can be compared to Jesus. While as the bad son (bad
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The film is from 1934 and is about a book published in 1850, which tells a story set in 1642 and beyond. How well do you think the film adaptation of The Scarlet Letter represents life in Puritan colonial America? Where do you think it succeeds or fails? If you have read the book before, feel free to note differences between the film and the book to make your point. Think about how different the world looks when looking back rather than looking around.
The movie succeeds in adapting the puritanical life in colonial America by displaying how extremely strict Puritan law was. Men and women were harshly punished for a variety of crimes. For example, at the start of the movie, a woman stood in the middle of town with a sign around her neck, hands tied and a stick in her month for gossiping and spectators quarrel or laughed at her. Adulterers were forced to wear a scarlet “A”. Hester wore the letter “A” on her chest as a punishment for having a baby out of wedlock. She and her daughter were outcast in the community. The child was being punished for her mother crime. The people felt no remorse about the administering punishment. In the puritan life, church attendance was compulsory. The movie also showed how important church was in the puritan lives. Everyone was in church on the day it was held even outlaws. In the church, no one was allowed to fall
The film is from 1934 and is about a book published in 1850, which tells a story set in 1642 and beyond. How well do you think the film adaptation of The Scarlet Letter represents life in Puritan colonial America? Where do you think it succeeds or fails? If you have read the book before, feel free to note differences between the film and the book to make your point. Think about how different the world looks when looking back rather than looking around.
The movie succeeds in adapting the puritanical life in colonial America by displaying how extremely strict Puritan law was. Men and women were harshly punished for a variety of crimes. For example, at the start of the movie, a woman stood in the middle of town with a sign around her neck, hands tied and a stick in her month for gossiping and spectators quarrel or laughed at her. Adulterers were forced to wear a scarlet “A”. Hester wore the letter “A” on her chest as a punishment for having a baby out of wedlock. She and her daughter were outcast in the community. The child was being punished for her mother crime. The people felt no remorse about the administering punishment. In the puritan life, church attendance was compulsory. The movie also showed how important church was in the puritan lives. Everyone was in church on the day it was held even outlaws. In the church, no one was allowed to fall