Wednesday, May 28, 2014
mike bosco chapters 1-3
In the first three chapters it is very clear that to the people of Boston, reputation is of huge importance. We can see this in the villagers, they use publicly shamming someone as a form of punishment to completely decimate the reputation of the accused. Hester tries to combat this but standing proud and accepting her punishment to try to save the small bit of respect some people still have for her. Finally, Reverend Dimmesdale, the most educated and respected man in the town is doing all that he can to protect his reputation and not get arrested for adultery like Hester.
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Very good explanation of reputation importance, however, I believe that there should be deeper into what respect is left for Hester,
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thanks for the comment, this is my response to your comment that you left on my blog. M Bosco
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said here. Reputation is a huge part in the puritan society and they will destroy somebody's reputation as a punishment. The better reputation you had, they more people who looked up to you and getting publicly shamed is one of the worst punishments someone could have gotten at the time.
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