...Chapter 1 What is the significance of the wild rose bush that grows beside the prison door? * The rosebush serves to represent beauty in a community that's so dark and awful. Chapter 2 · What is the public view of Hester’s sin as expressed by the women outside the prison? What do their comments suggest about this society? * They think that the punishment for her sin is not harsh enough. their comments suggest that this society values obedience and punishments. They can be harsh and cruel toward those they consider to be going against the Puritan ideals and moralities Chapter 3 • Why wasn’t Hester sentenced to death for her adultery? * They wanted her to live with her shame. They think that her beauty may have led her to temptation now after the “decease” of her husband. • Where has the stranger been? What motion does he make to Hester? * He was held captive by Indians in the south. (p.57) "he slowly and calmly raised his finger, made a gesture with it in the air, and laid it on his lips" Chapter 4 · What does Chillingworth ask Hester to promise? Why does she agree? * Chillingworth asks Hester to promise to not tell anyone about his identity. She agrees because she felt ashamed that he had to witness her on the scaffold and out of a great amount of fear. Chapter 5 · Give two reasons why Hester decides to remain instead of moving to a less-restrictive colony. * Hester believes that she has to live with her sin and...
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...Within Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, there are elements such as irony and truth that present themselves through deliberate syntactic manipulation. Hawthorne expresses his truth through irony, whether that be with situational, dramatic, and/or verbal. This novel was written with the intentional purpose of analysis. It’s essential to first ascertain the simple truth mentioned in the previous paragraph, and that would be desire. The desire the “godly” Reverend Dimmesdale feels contrasts to his reverential title. Such an ascetic man had been so hypocritical regarding abstinence, yet when he “confessed” his sin, he was praised. He had had sexual intercourse with a married woman, but the people related to his sermon. “...I, your...
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...Specimen Papers and Mark Schemes for English Literature For first AS Examination in 2009 For first A2 Examination in 2010 Subject Code: 5110 Contents Specimen Papers Assessment Unit AS 2 Assessment Unit A2 1 Resource Booklet Assessment Unit A2 2 1 3 9 15 25 Mark Schemes Assessment Unit AS 2 Assessment Unit A2 1 Assessment Unit A2 2 29 31 61 95 Subject Code QAN QAN 5110 500/2493/0 500/2421/8 A CCEA Publication © 2007 Further copies of this publication may be downloaded from www.ccea.org.uk Specimen Papers 1 2 ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2009 English Literature Assessment Unit AS 2 assessing The Study of Poetry Written after 1800 and the Study of Prose 1800-1945 SPECIMEN PAPER TIME 2 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer two questions. Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B. Section A is open book. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 120. All questions carry equal marks, ie 60 marks for each question. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions. 3 Section A: The Study of Poetry Written after 1800 Answer one question on your chosen pairing of poets. Heaney: Opened Ground Montague: New Selected Poems 1 John Montague and Seamus Heaney both write about the Irish past. Compare and contrast the two poets’...
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