Daily IntroductionOctober 6 – October 7

Homework

Honors:Read the first three chapters of “The Scarlet Letter” while annotating for THEME and SYMBOLISM• Chapter 1: The Prison Door• Chapter 2: The Market Place• Chapter 3: The Recognition

Standard: (a) the phonetic

pronunciation of the word

(b) a complete definition (c) an original sentence

written by you, using the word in its correct context, and

(d) (d) three higher-level synonyms that could be used in place of each word

ACT 1 Vocabulary:1) Abomination 2) Conjured3) Contention 4) Deference 5) Innate

6) Licentious7) Manifestation 8) Paradox9) Prodigious 10) Vindictive

ACT

Rationale:

•Period 1: 29%•Period 3: 21%•Period 4: 23%•Period 5: 21%•Period 7: 24%•Period 8: 30%

25% of you answered this correctly…

75% of you DID NOT

My sister characteristically chose not to seek medical treatment as her upper arm first swelled, then ached with pain, and finally became numb and useless37. As her condition worsened, she searched the Internet for general information, discovering time and again that species identification is important in administering proper care to the sting victim.

A. You could say that Diana is afraid of hospitals, doctors, and nurses.

B. Most scorpion bites should be examined by a medical professional.

C. My sister’s physician had treated many scorpion bites.

D. Symptoms of a scorpion sting can vary from one person to another.

Assuming that all of the choices are true, which one best links the preceding sentence with the rest of the paragraph?

Think CONTEXTThe correct answer choice gives a logical explanation

for why Diana would not seek professional help as the condition of her arm continued to worsen..

Context: the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

The remaining choices are not supported by

the context

SAT

AbateDefinitions:to reduce in amount,

degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.

to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.

to omit: to abate all mention of names.

Synonyms: Subside, Diminish Weaken

Part

of

Spee

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Verb

StandardObjective:

SWBAT gain knowledge of five topics through Group Presentations, as they relate to a better understanding of “The Crucible.” SWBAT gain

background knowledge of Nathanial Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” in order to better understand the context of the novel.

Honors Objective:

Standard:Group Presentation Rubric:

You will receive a group mark out of 50 based upon the following criteria:

• Participation of all group members• Accurate information on all required

topic elements• Power Point/ Prezi is neat, organized

and contains relevant information • Time limitations are met (10-15

minutes)• Confident presentation style (eye

contact, voice projection, posture)• Must contain some interaction with

the class • Information from all four (4) sources

provided must be used

YES

Standard:Group Presentation Rubric: Group Presentation Rubric:

Important Questions Do you have to dress up?

Does everyone have to participate in the presentation?

Does everyone need to be on time AND present in order to receive full credit?

Answer:

THE SCARLET LETTER

Introduction to:

Nathanial HawthorneJuly 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864

• Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England and are stimulated by Puritan inspiration.

• His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity

Nathaniel Haw

thorne1) He changed his last name in

part to hide his family’s dark past.

2) Hawthorne was separated from his wife for 142 years.

3) Hawthorne’s youngest daughter has been proposed for sainthood.

2 Truths and a Lie

Hawthorne as a Romantic

Hawthorne is considered a writer of the Literary Movement known as Romanticism.

Romantics concern themselves with the soul, stress emotions over reason, show an appreciation for nature, and focus on the exceptional figure and his passions and inner struggles

Hawthorne was intensely interested in Puritanism as a historic phenomenon

All of his stories are about people’s crimes—or misunderstood virtue or misfortune—which, created by themselves, leaves them in a worse companionship than solitude.

Hawthorne is haunted by what is obscure, dangerous, and the confines of good and evil, by what is abnormal, and social relations.

All of Hawthorne’s work is one form or another of “handling sin.” The soul becomes the individual’s “best friend” because the person is shunned by everyone else.

Hawthorne as a Romantic

Building Background

Set in 17th Century Boston

Puritan code of lifeNovel spans a total of seven years

Main characters

Hester Prynne

Pearl PrynneArthur

DimmesdaleRoger

Chillingworth

Themes:

Alienation—the character is in a state of isolation because of self-cause, or societal cause, or a combination of both

Pride—Hawthorne treats pride as evil; spiritual pride, intellectual, and physical

Initiation—involves the attempts of an alienated character to get rid of his isolated condition

Problem of Guilt —a character’s sense of guilt forced by the Puritan lifestyle/heritage or by society; guilt vs. innocence

Allegory—each character is a labeled equivalent of “something bigger”

Additional Themes Individual vs. Society, Self-fulfillment vs.

Accommodation Self-fulfillment vs.

Frustration Hypocrisy vs. Integrity, Love vs. Hate, Exploitation vs. Hurting, Fate vs. Free Will

THE SCARLET LETTER IS FULL OF SYMBOLS

Hawthorne hits you in the head with symbolism throughout The Scarlet Letter, starting with the characters’ names—Pearl for an unwanted

child, Roger Chillingworth

for a twisted, cold man,

Arthur Dimmesdale for a man whose education cannot lead him to truth.

From the wild woods to the rosebush by the jail to the embroidered ‘A’ itself, it’s easy to see why The Scarlet Letter is the book that launched a thousand literary essays.

Additional Symbols

Weeds Flowers Prison Cemetery Scaffold Town

beadle Sunshine Brook

6 Ignominious Facts About

The Scarlet Letter

HAWTHORN

E LOVED

THE WORD IGNOMINY

In the 87,000-plus words that make up The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne used the following words: ignominy 16 times, ignominious 7 times, and ignominiously once

He apparently had affection for the word, which means: dishonor, infamy, disgrace, or shame.

Either that, or he needed a thesaurus.

HAWTHORNE STARTED THE

SCARLET LETTER AFTER

HE WAS FIRED FROM

HIS JOB.

Unable to support his family by publishing short stories, Hawthorne took a politically appointed post at the Salem Custom House in 1846.

Three years later, he was fired because of a political shakeup. The loss of his job, as well as the death of his mother, depressed Hawthorne, but he was also furious at Salem.

It was in this mood that he started The

Scarlet Letter

"I detest this town so much that I hate to go out into the streets, or to

have people see me.”

Background for Fact #2

While working as a Surveyor

of The Custom House…

Hawthorne found a piece of

cloth with an A on it and used it as the major symbol of his novel about the

Puritan lifestyle

HESTER AND DIMMESDALE’S AFFAIR MAY BE

MODELED AFTER A PUBLIC

SCANDAL.

In 1846, Hawthorne's sister-in-law Elizabeth Peabody published the work of Hungarian linguist Charles Kraitsir. Two years later, it was discovered that Kraitsir’s wife had seduced several of his students at the University of Virginia. He left his wife and daughter in Philadelphia and fled to Peabody for help. Peabody responded by going to Philadelphia in an attempt to gain guardianship of the daughter.

This didn’t go over so well with the wife. She followed Peabody back to Boston and confronted her husband.

In response, Peabody and Kraitsir tried to get her committed to a lunatic asylum. The press got wind of the story and Kaitsir was skewered for looking

weak. Hawthorne watched as the scandal surrounding a woman’s affair played out on a public stage. This unfolded right as he was starting The Scarlet Letter.

THE PURITANS REALLY DID MAKE PEOPLE

WEAR LETTERS FOR ADULTERY.

Hawthorne must have known there was historical precedence for The Scarlet Letter. According to a 1658 law in Plymouth, people caught in adultery were whipped and forced two capital letters, “A” and “D” cut in cloth and sown on their garments on either their arm or their back.

If they ever took the letters off, they would be publically whipped again.

In the town of York (now in Maine) in 1651, near where Hawthorne’s family owned property, a woman named Mary Batchellor was whipped 40 lashes for adultery and forced to wear an “A” on her clothes.

She was married to Stephen Batchellor, a minister for over 80 years. Sound familiar?

A similar law was enacted in Salem.

THE SCARLET LETTER IS ONE OF

THE FIRST TO FEATURE A STRONG

FEMALE CHARACTER.

Hester Prynne is a tall, dignified character who endures her outcast status with grace and strength. Although she has fallen to a low place as an adulteress with an illegitimate child, she becomes a successful seamstress and raises her daughter even though the authorities want to take the child away.

As such, she’s a complex character who embodies what happens when a woman breaks societal rules.

Hawthorne was one of the first American writers

to depict “women’s rights, women’s work, women in relation to

men, and social change”

Homework Reminder

Read the first three chapters of “The

Scarlet Letter” while annotating for

THEME and

SYMBOLISM

• Chapter 1: The Prison Door• Chapter 2: The

Market Place• Chapter 3: The

Recognition

Chapter 1:• Exposition and

setting of novel• First two edifices

built—foreshadowing or strict Puritan code?• Rosebush, weed,

and other flowers grow “by chance”• First few symbols • Cemetery• Prison• Weeds• Rosebush• flowers

Chapter 2: The Market Place

• Introduction of Hester Prynne holding her daughter, Pearl• Hester’s beauty• Introduction of the

symbol of the scarlet letter

Things to consider:• The scorns of the

women• Reveries of long

ago• A familiar stranger

Image created by Hawthorne is like the Madonna and child (IRONY & SATIRE)

One “might have seen in this

beautiful woman…an object to

remind him of the image of Divine

Maternity…” (53).

Chapter 3: The Recognition

Hester recognizes her husband. Where has he been these two years?

What riddle begins to consume Chillingworth?

Introduction of the magistrates and their plea for Hester to announce her partner in crime• What would they

have done to him?

“Prynne now turned her face. She seemed

conscious, indeed, that whatever sympathy she might expect lay in the

larger and warmer heart of the multitude; for, as

she lifted her eyes toward the balcony, the unhappy woman grew pale and trembled.”

Dialectical Journals

30 EntriesONE ENTRY PER CHAPTER = 24 Quotes + 6 additional quotes coming from any chapter

Your quote should be between 4-5 sentences, and your response should be 5-10 sentences.

Some important questions you may consider in your response:• Why did you pick this

quote?• How is it important or

significant?• What does it mean?• How does it fit with

the other parts of the chapter or the book?

• What does it teach us?

• Why does Hawthorne include this quote in the novel?

Vocabulary Part 1 – Due Oct 19

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23 • Edifice

• Inauspicious • Physiognomies • Magistrate • Purport • Town-Beadle

• Ignominious• Visage• Pillory• Mien • Phantasmagoric • Impediment

(a) the phonetic pronunciation of the word (b) a complete definition (c) sentence written by youd) three higher-level synonyms

Edificea. ed-uh-fisb. A building, especially one of large size or imposing appearancec. A gush of smoke came from a chimney in the rear of the edifice.d. Habitation, Superstructure, Domicile

Next Class:

Discussion Topics: • Direct vs. Indirect

Characterization within the first three chapters.• The importance of

SYMBOLS in the exposition.• Thematic structure

throughout the text.

Reading Quiz

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