The Scarlet Letter

[dramatothemax]

The Scarlet Letter#0

Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:19pm

I love this book and I think it should be made into a play. My favorite part is when Dimmesdale goes up on the scaffold...ahhhhh crazyness...

[Broadwaygirl22]

re: The Scarlet Letter#1

Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:36pm

Some of my friends had to read The Scarlet Letter in the beginning of the year. Some said it was bad, some said it was good. My class didn't read it. We read The Crucible instead. The Crucible was good and the movie was really good.

"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."

[melissa errico fan]

re: The Scarlet Letter#2

Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:40pm

Hawthorne was a boring, wooden writer. This book is akin to Chinese water torture.

[Dollypop]

re: The Scarlet Letter#3

Posted: 12/12/05 at 6:03pm

I fully agree with MEF. The concept of the novel is interesting, however Hawthorne makes the same points over and over throughout the work. It's like getting hit on the head with a Bible for its duration.

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[Borstalboy]

re: The Scarlet Letter#4

Posted: 12/12/05 at 6:16pm

Hmmmm....I read it when I was 23 and I loved it. I wonder what I would think now...

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[jasonf]

re: The Scarlet Letter#5

Posted: 12/12/05 at 6:44pm

There is a musical by Mark Governor -- never saw it, but I LOVE the CD. It's available on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000009PWH/qid=1134431001/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/002-8678898-7965666?v=glance&s=music

There's another one available somewhere that I picked up along the way that I don't like at all. The one listed above, though it takes a couple of listens to get used to, has some REALLY great songs in it.

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[justthefacts2]

re: The Scarlet Letter#6

Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:22pm

I couldn't stand Pearl. What an annoying kid. I had to read that book three times. Once in High School, then again in college for some Lit class, and then again in college for an American Lit class. I was thoroughly sick of it by the third time through.

The movie with Demi Moore and Gary Oldham was bizarre.

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[Taryn]

re: The Scarlet Letter#7

Posted: 12/14/05 at 12:49am

Pearl was damned FREAKY, that's what she was.

I know that a play adaptation of the novel exists, but I don't know how good it is.

[iwearshoes]

re: The Scarlet Letter#8

Posted: 12/14/05 at 1:04am

I could never stand this book. It just seemed hollow and empty to me.

[ashley0139]

re: The Scarlet Letter#9

Posted: 12/14/05 at 7:18am

I actually really liked this book. Seems I'm in the minority.

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[dramatothemax]

re: The Scarlet Letter#10

Posted: 12/14/05 at 1:38pm

It's true, he does make the same points over and over, however I love the plot and the concepts. But the book really doesn't get interesting until like chapter 13...so the beginning is a bit harsh.

The Crucible was great. I wish Miller would have left in the "deleted" scene. It was one of the best out of the entire play. (The one between Abigail and John Proctor in the woods)

[broadway86]

re: The Scarlet Letter#11

Posted: 12/14/05 at 4:10pm

The Scarlet Letter is a great story, but the way that Hawthorne wrote it is SOOO slow and over-indulgent. And don't get me started on that godawful, Demi Moore movie.