[nabs-l] The Scarlet Letter

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

For research try google and any library databases you might have
access to through your school.  I did a report on the Scarlet letter a
few years ago when I was in a high school honors English class, so I
can say that plenty of sources should come up covering a wide range of
specific topics if you google.

All the suggestions Ashley gave for understanding the text of the book
itself are good.  It also might be good to look at some modern english
translations of things written in that style if you haven't read that
colonial style of English before.  (In high school when we read The
Taming of the Shrew my teacher made us match the modern day english
translations of the lines with the original words from the script, and
the year before when we read McBeth my teacher actually wrote out a
slang version of the first scene for us to read.  Hearing them in a
context you're used to really helps you get the translation down).

Good luck.

On 4/9/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> well, you already did my first suggestion. I was going to suggest read in
> braille! For many people, reading word by word in braille equates to a
> better understanding and its easier to analyze the text by reading and
> rereading certain parts.
>
> I'm not sure what to suggest with out knowing what type of essay it is.
> All I can think of is reading plot summaries from sparknotes or similar
> source.
> Discuss it with a classmate. Maybe even ask a tutor at school for help; many
> schools offer free tutoring.
>
> Also, use a dictionary for unfamiliar terms. I think I read that book in
> high school, but we must have read a different version as I do not recall
> much old english in it.
>
> Is this course part of a major or general program? Have you taken a
> literature class before?
> I took a couple during my undergrad degree.
>
> Good luck.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helga Schreiber
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 11:53 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] The Scarlet Letter
>
> Hi, I’m actually reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in order
> to write a final exam paper that my Literature Professor will give us a
> topic for. He will actually give us the topic of the paper next week, but
> this book is hard to understand due to the old English from the 1800’s. My
> professor told us that we need to read the entire book in order to write
> this paper. Did you ever read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and
> what do you recommend me to do in order for me to understand The Scarlet
> letter much better? Actually, my brother help me find some summaries of the
> whole book, but What other sources I can use in order to understand this
> book much better? I actually, have the book in Audio and Braille format,
> but still it’s hard to understand it. What do you recommend me  to do? By
> the way, my paper will be due on Monday, April 29. Thank you so much.
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Kaiti