Thinking Activity on The Scarlet Letter

 Thinking Activity on The Scarlet Letter

Hello readers!

  Here, the intention behind the writing of this blog is to assign the task given by Heenama'am as a academic task, the task is that to think of all the different ways in which you have felt the pressure to conform to standards that others have set, but that you did not feel comfortable with. Express your views in the form of a story or a poem.

first let's see the brief introduction of the novel 'The Scarlet Latter'

Brief introduction of 'The Scarlet Latter'

 The Scarlet Letter; A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. The novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of  legalism, sin, and guilt.

Hell is - other people, Reading of the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

          To most of us, having relationships with other people is one of the most important aspects of our lives, part of what gives our lives their meaning. but relationships with others are actually hell.

          To understand this idea we have to take a long detour into the Existentialists' take on the existence of others.

     What about an individual? About their freedom? Importance is given to freedom. According to Satre humans were essentially nihilating beings, creatures who were able to structure their own behavior instead of being determined by nature to behave in pre-established ways.