tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post7763049160610052423..comments2023-06-14T07:03:19.543-05:00Comments on A Round Unvarnish'd Tale: Speaking of The Scarlet LetterCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-45805002645213241542010-02-02T10:21:07.179-06:002010-02-02T10:21:07.179-06:00What a secular educator would tell you is that the...What a secular educator would tell you is that the book deals with the problem of sinning and social ostracization in the theocratic society of the Puritans, and deals with themes of living in an overly Christian and judgmental society.<br /><br />What an informed Christian would tell you is that the book deals with how fallible humans in a human society relate to sin in the left-handed civil kingdom, and how the kind of judging that Hester received in the book is mostly a product of what happens when fallible humans attempt to reconcile divine judgment with human society and rationale.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984063505439262515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-70988604586818874352010-02-01T10:19:16.698-06:002010-02-01T10:19:16.698-06:00Interesting points!
I haven't read it since ...Interesting points! <br />I haven't read it since high school...a long, long time ago. I'm thinking that most of the books I've read in high school lit classes would come across quite differently if I would reread them now.Lotzastitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052264166081223962noreply@blogger.com