January 16, 2010
In The Scarlet Letter What Is The Story Organized Around?
Is the story organized around the three scaffold scenes or a fourfold organization with each part centering on a different character. Please explain why.
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People shoudl be more generous towards people who ask about Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter – it’s like cutting through a d@mn jungle in an expedition with blindfolds on trying to read his writing.
extrapolate.
The scaffold. Most definitely. At least that’s what my AP Lang teacher stressed constantly – how the story centered around it.
The scaffold was the start of the madness, where Hester saw her former husband from, and VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT: it was (ironically) the only place where Dimmesdale could find peace with himself. I forget the other major scaffold scene. but I’m sure you get the main idea
You should really read the book and then answer your homework questions.
Here is a page with a simple broken down plot analysis from Shmoop.