Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Scarlet Letter

1. what is the primary purpose for the Custom House introduction? The primary purpose for the custom house introduction what to prepare the reader for the diary that is introduced later on in the story. it introduces the characters, surroundings themes and atmospheres of what would be eventually written in the diary...
2. what significant change does Hawthorne admit to making in the telling the story contained in the diary. first, he stressed how great the things use to be at the Custom House then he says that he was there too long. at the beginning he explains his past as some thing beautiful then describes it negatively
3. What potential impact will this change have on the story?this change the story perception by at first giving us this perfection of land. then come to find out everything seemed so bad....

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