lilbrothalee

this can be funny, IF YOU GET IT! probably NOT for college kids or bachelors as they would never get the subtlety of the humor...this is not a documentary for those of you who are too bound up...relax, watch Micky (Mikey) squirm and enjoy the frustration that can occasionally occur when it is impossible to explain satisfactorily...relax and enjoy--relax, this is NOT your life...

The ending is different, some of the story is ripped from historical accounts and writings concerning Salem, Mass, and the sex and violence is gratuitous...As for Demi Moore, she did claim it was o.k. to change the ending of a book not many people read...a flimsy defense that detracts from the dedication to consistency Hawthorne toiled over to remain faithful to the Puritan mood he created...which in turn, blows the whole purpose of Hester Prynne staying in Salem to fulfill her punishment. To not understand Hester's "Puritannical" dedication to staying "true"...WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE NOVEL!!!

This is a story with many moral implications. Man vs. Self--do we go after what we know is bad for us? Man vs. Science--Where does science become more important than life? There are more questions raised in the reading of the story. This story speaks of the power and innocence and foolishness of young love. Also worth mentioning is the story was written on the brink of the Industrial Revolution, with science eroding the hellfire & brimstone Puritans and a more Realist/Romanticist attitude taking over America. It references Dante's Inferno, and the purposeful, or should I say, the expected decent into Hell. As well, there are th obvious references to Rappacini's garden being Eden and Giovanni and Beatrice (Bay-ah-treechay) as Adam and Eve. There is no murder, but there is death. As Hawthorne always teaches, nothing good can last unconditionally...