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Choose one of the prompts below to respond to in an essay. You must have a clear and focused thesis statement, and you must also quote the novel at least three times (additional references in the form of paraphrases are also necessary).

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- Introduction paragraph includes the name of the novel, the author, and a one sentence brief summary of the novel.

- The thesis makes an arguable claim about the text and body paragraphs support the claim with specific paraphrases or quotations from the text (textual support).

- Analysis focuses on a key element or character in a work of literature and examines how the author has developed that element or character.

- Essay body is a minimum of 750 words

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Final Assessment Directions: Choose one of the prompts below to respond to in an essay. You must have a clear and focused thesis statement, and you must also quote the novel at least three times (additional references in the form of paraphrases are also necessary). Download the "Literary Analysis Outline" handout to help you organize your essay. The "body paragraph" page of the handout can be re-copied for each body paragraph you need to include. Topics: 1. The conflict created when an individual opposes a group or society is the recurring theme of many novels, plays, and essays. Pick a character in The Scarlet Letter who fits this description. Analyze his or her conflict and discuss how his or her opposition affects both the character discussed and the group or society opposed. 2. Select a character you consider to be a villain from The Scarlet Letter. Then analyze how the character’s villainy enhances the meaning of The Scarlet Letter. Do not merely summarize the plot. 3. In some works of literature, a character who appears briefly, or does not appear at all, is a significant presence. Choose such a character from The Scarlet Letter and write an essay in which you show how such a character functions in the work. You may wish to discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters. Avoid plot summary. 4. Choose a complex character in The Scarlet Letter who might – on the basis of the character’s actions alone – be considered evil or immoral. Explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. In other words, explain how, by the end of the novel, we feel sympathy in relation to this character. Avoid plot summary. 5. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide clear “closure” has ended in a faulty manner. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to deal with ambiguity or uncertainty. Discuss the ending of The Scarlet Letter. Explain how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot. Rubric: • Introduction paragraph includes the name of the novel, the author, and a one sentence brief summary of the novel. • The thesis makes an arguable claim about the text and body paragraphs support the claim with specific paraphrases or quotations from the text (textual support). • Analysis focuses on a key element or character in a work of literature and examines how the author has developed that element or character. • Essay body is a minimum of 750 words Literary Analysis Outline: Complete the following outline closely following the directions above each box. Introductory Statement: Your chance to get the reader’s attention and display your awareness of the world around you. INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH Transitional Ideas: Connect your opening idea to the book (two + sentences). Identify Author and Title: As an additional transition sentence (can appear before or after the other transitions). Basic Background of Book: One to two sentences Thesis Statement: Remember, this has to take a position about the book that can be supported by events in the book. Topic Sentence: Identifies focus of the paragraph; should clearly connect to / develop / support the thesis statement. BODY PARAGRAPHS Examples from the Book: This can take the form of two to three short examples or one extended example. Introduce Example: Example: Use quotations from the book or briefly paraphrase an event. Do not just summarize the plot. Avoid excessively long quotations unless absolutely necessary. Commentary: Follow example with explanation of its connection to the topic sentence/thesis. Repeat for each example/quotation used Closing Sentence: “Clincher” to end this paragraph and wrap-up the idea. Begin next paragraph with a transitional phrase or sentence before the topic sentence Topic Sentence: Establish that you have reached the end of the essay, perhaps by echoing the idea of the thesis statement. Do not use trite expressions like “in conclusion” or “to sum up.” CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH Reflect on Your Ideas: Make it clear to the reader why your paper was important. Stress what was unique about your interpretation. Give the reader something to think about that connects to the world around. Closing Statement: Wrap-up this discussion of your topic. Let the reader know the essay is at an end, and leave him or her with something to think about.
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The Scarlet Letter
Have you ever seen a novel destroy its own Happily Ever After time after time?
The Scarlet Letter is a masterpiece, but not only because of its literary value, but because of
its way to crawl in a deep pit of anguish and every time it climbs a little and start to see the
light of happiness, the story takes a turn to a situation as distressing and sorrowful as the
previous one.
Nathaniel Hawthorne debuted in the literary field with this novel in 1850. In the
preface, the author identifies himself as a descendant of the same old Puritans that had
condemned their neighbors in the witch trials and were guilty of the persecution of Quaker
women, the same old Puritans that lived in Massachusetts Bay Colony two centuries before.
The action takes place in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, between the
years of 1642 and 1649, when religion had the force of law. Sins were crimes against the
peace of the King. When a young woman defied the establishment and not only lived by
herself, but had an affair while her husband is not in town and presumed dead, borne a
child, product of that illicit love, and refuses to say who the father is, the very foundation of
the society was shaken and cracked.
Hester Prynne is in jail, He is an adulteress and has a fatherless baby. She has not
only sinned against the sanctity of marriage, but she dared to refuse to name the father of
her daughter. Condemned to wear a big red A on her bodice she still kept silent. “On the
breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic
flo...


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