Need some help please! -Hester Prynne today-
While the themes of good and evil extend across time, some of the specific plot points
addressed in The Scarlet Letter could only occur in Puritan Massachusetts. Think about how
Hawthorne’s novel could be updated for a modern-day audience. What situation or sin could
you use to symbolize sin? How would the protagonist be made to atone for his or her sin?
Would the legal system or society itself be the main arbiters of justice?
Create a modern-day version of The Scarlet Letter. You may create a written or a video version.
Be sure to think about how to translate the novel into the present day. Your version does not
have to focus on adultery, just a sin that you believe would draw a similarly strong rebuke from
society.

Which quotation best expresses a major theme of this speech? "i saw my evil day at hand. the sun rose dim on us in theo morning, and at night is sunk in a dark cloud, and looked likea ball of fire.""i am much grieved, for i expected, if i did not defeat you, too hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before ! surrendered."m"we went to our great father. we were encouraged. hiso great council gave us fair words and big promises, but wegot no satisfaction.".**we told them to let us alone; but they followed on andbeset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us likethe snake."

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

Describe how the story of uncle pyotr in “a fateful journey” differs from the historical account of immigrants in “moving to america”