
scharlaken letter
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Hester Prynn, een jonge vrouw die veroordeeld is tot het dragen van een scharlaken letter 'A' op haar kleding als teken van haar adulterie, wordt gedwongen haar leven in het puritaanse Boston te leiden onder de veroordelende blikken van haar medemensen. Haar minnaar, de predikant Arthur Dimmesdale, ondergaat een innerlijke strijd tussen schuld en begeerte, terwijl hij zijn ware identiteit verborgen houdt. De verhaallijn wordt complexer wanneer Hester's echtgenoot, Roger Chillingworth, verschijnt en wraak zoekt op de persoon die hem heeft verraden. De roman volgt het levensverhaal van deze drie personages, die elk worstelen met de gevolgen van hun daden. Het boek bespreekt het belang van schuld, boete, vergeving en de sociale normen van een puritaanse gemeenschap, terwijl het de psychologische effecten van onderdrukking en geheimhouding exploreert.Book Details
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Hawthorne's works belong to romanticism or, more specifically, dark romanticism, cautionary tales that suggest that guilt, sin, and evil are the most inherent natural qualities of humanity.Many of his...
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