Michelle's review
The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Favorite Quotes:
"Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart." -chapter 2
"It is to the credit of human nature, that... it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility." -chapter 13
"The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude!"
-chapter 18
"But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghostlike, the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to their lifetime." -chapter 5
"When, an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however, it forms its judgment... on th...more
"Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart." -chapter 2
"It is to the credit of human nature, that... it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility." -chapter 13
"The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude!"
-chapter 18
"But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghostlike, the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to their lifetime." -chapter 5
"When, an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however, it forms its judgment... on th...more
idk, i just created this thingy cause i wanna kno where you got your quotes.
like what chapters. the one regarding with "credit to human nature" and the last one.
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That particular quote was in chapter 13(Another View of Hester). Thank you for commenting. That's a smart idea to label where I got the quotes. I think I'll start doing that for now on.
oops, sorry. I just realized you asked for more than one. I'll update them all.
no no, thanx, you helped a shitload.
just barely finished my essay. i used your other quote too.
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the one by nathaniel hawthorne and his damn good writing.
haha
