If you've read The Scarlet Letter, did you like it? Or did it give you the shivers?
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Aelfward
ANSWERS: 18
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Nevermind! Confused it with The Crucible.
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It was interesting to see how he changed his book in order to have a story, over the actual event.
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i did american lit which included scarlet letter, moby dick, red badge of courage, and lots of other mind-numbing gloomy gothic novels of the early 1800s and before. I could do excellent A level essays on them but couldn't wait to leave them behind and proceed to modernist times, by which time US lit brightened up; not just for me, but for all the students doing the subject.
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I've only ever seen the movie, which wasn't too horrible, but it made me figure the book would've been a lot better. I don't mind reading the gothic stories, as long as there's a good story.
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I don't like Hawthorne's wordy prose style, although I realize it was typical of the era. I think the story has important themes which are worth telling and hearing, and I do like the use of color as symbolism: a black and white world of Puritan virtues with a glaring scarlet "A" setting it off! The message is a chilling parable, so it did give me the "shivers" in that sense.
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I'm pretty open minded when it comes to books. But I hated The Scarlet Letter. I've never come across a book that I actually need sparknotes to understand. I couldn't stand reading it. The Crucible was much better. At least I could get some good running jokes out of it. Like, instead of adding "Mrs." before someone's name, I'll say "Goody" instead. I also call my sister Goody Proctor for no real reason.
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I liked the idea. I didn't like the way Hawthorne carried it out. Way too verbose. And the Introductory almost ruined the book for me... I seriously comtemplated just giving up after even bothering to read that.
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I did not like it at all. I was required to read it for my English class 2 years ago and it was torture. I usually enjoy reading, but that book was horrible.
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i loved it and i even played abigail in the play.
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I loved it. I did not get the shivers, however.
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Oops
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I read it and liked it. My feeling is that closed minded religious zealots have not gone away. Instead of branding females they want to brand gays.
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i mightve read it yrs ago in school but i cant remember
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Yes, one of my boyfriends had a Nathaniel Hawthorne collection, so I read it and other stories he wrote. It was appalling to see such prudishness. My boyfriend wrote an essay on "American Science And The Puritan Tradition".
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I've read it. It's OK, so I don't particularly like or dislike it. It was interesting to see a glimpse of that grim period. I'm glad it's gone.
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i read it yrs ago when i was in school but i dont remember it much
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I love THE SCARLET LETTER. I love the way Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing dances on the line between fantasy and reality, and I thought the concept for the book was great, too.
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i think i read it yrs ago, dont even rennennber it
pearllederman 
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