We took a lot of notes on theme topics and romantic elements in class on Friday-- PLEASE get the notes from someone-- here is the outline only:
CORNELL NOTES:
Topic: Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Essential Question: How does Hawthorne use romantic literary elements to develop themes in The Scarlet Letter?
Note headings:
1. Theme Topics--each class did a huge brainstorm here of theme topics (subjects related to the human condition) we have seen pop up so far in the text. PLEASE GET THE NOTES!
Choose one of the topics and write for three minutes about where you see this topic showing up in the text through character, setting, plot, or the author's commentary/
2. Romantic Elements-- (We mentioned just the one below one and reminded ourselves to watch out for them as we read this weekend)
Sympathetic Nature (the natural world seems interested in interacting with human life): Example: The rose bush outside the prison door in the first chapter. Read the last paragraph of chapter one for evidence-- but the author suggests that this beautiful bush might have grown in honor of a brave and innocent woman who was once imprisoned here, and also suggests that The fragrant blooms might ease Hester's pain a little as well as ours, as readers because the story dwells on "human frailty and sorrow."
READING ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 8 and 9 by Monday: The Elf Child and the Minister and The Leech.
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