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an embroidered piece with red thread on it

This illustration of a scarlet letter A was inspired by looking at homespun fabric in several New England museums as well as viewing some old Irish linen. My admiration for Erica Wilson, the needlewo

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an old children's book about the scarlet letter

Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne In the 17th-century, when Puritanical slut-shaming was at an all-time high, Prynne has a baby out of wedlock and is subsequently imprisoned and socially tortured. Throughout the novel she gradually embraces her strength, learns to rise above, comports herself with dignity, and cares for herself and her child.

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a drawing of a woman holding a baby in her arms with red and yellow hair

Although separated by an ocean, several decades, and completely different audiences, it is remarkable how strikingly similar Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) are to one another. In what ways are these two books so similar? More importantly, what is the primary message that these two authors---separated by geography, societies and history---are trying to convey about the human experience? Quite simply, the experiences of the…

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