Monthly Archives: November 2021

“Abby, let’s go to Africa!”  “Africa? Like, the continent?”  “No, Africa!”  I didn’t understand what ‘Africa’ was until I was there. It turns out that ‘Africa’ wasn’t, in fact, the continent, but a wooden deck overlooking the marsh. Once we … Continue reading →

“What in Heaven’s name is she?” (Hawthorne 121). This is what the town often asks when they see Pearl; is she some demonic creation, has she come to Earth to wreak havoc on the small town of Boston? In The … Continue reading →

“Never did a man suffer what this man has suffered” (Hawthorne 155). Yes, ‘never had a man suffered’ what Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale has suffered, all except Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and many more. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, … Continue reading →