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Indlæser... The Scarlet Letter (1850)af Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ross C Murfin (Redaktør)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I came to this book with preconceived notions of it because there is so much talk of it in the literary and movie world, but I was actually surprised by its subtlety, the intensity of the minister's struggle, the commentary on who is inside/outside society, and the strength and depth of these characters. The minister's story stood out to me the most, I think. Hawthorne has drawn a very serious man, devoted to his faith and his work to share it with others. He is constantly striving to do good, but sadly, his soul is constantly being battered by guilt and feelings of hypocrisy after doing something that goes against everything he believes. It is heartwrenchingly plain that he does not fully believe the Truth and Beauty of the salvation he preaches. Through the whole narrative, he is weighted down with guilt instead of having his guilty conscience sprinkled with the cleansing blood of Christ and experiencing freedom in the precious and glorious gift of God's forgiveness and mercy. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
In 1642, a pregnant Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery, shunned by her neighbors, and forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' on her dress. Meanwhile, Hester's husband - long thought to be lost at sea - has returned to Boston under the assumed name 'Roger Chillingworth' and plots to uncover her lover's identity. After her daughter Pearl is born, Hester is frequently visited by both Reverend Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, but always refuses to name her lover. As the years wear on and Pearl grows older, Hester's defiance - and her lover's silence - weighs heavily on the lives of all parties involved. No library descriptions found. |
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It is kind of scary that some people who left Europe for America did so in order to avoid prosecution for their religious beliefs, however, some of those puritans must have been a lot worse than those religious zealots cleaing up in Europe? And throughout the whole book, I had one phrase stuck in my mind : the one who has never sinned should cast the first stone. ( )