The Scarlet Letter 4.1
Do now: What are some of the ways light and darkness can be used symbolically?
Objectives:
- actively read an excerpt of text
- analyze the author’s use of light/dark imagery
Agenda:
- Do now
- In THREE groups: What is the distinction Hawthorne makes between city and forest, between civilization and wilderness? Chapter 16 illuminates the juxtaposition between Boston and the forest-- how do you believe Hawthorne both views and utilizes these two different locales? What do they seemingly represent in the world of The Scarlet Letter?
- Chapter 18 focuses on Hawthorne’s symbolic use of light, shading, and darkness. In what ways, and to what effects, does Hawthorne make figurative use of light, or its absence, and is this interpretation valid in other parts of the novel? Discuss annotations.
- Begin reading assignment #6
HW: Reading assignment #6. Vocab quiz THURSDAY
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