Chapter 1 Hester as the Patron Saint of the Fallen Woman The Scarlet Letter: persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods or vermin is “What ideology”. Idealogy XIII –Eagleton, Hester Prynne is a character generated by a blending of the Madonna and the Whore archetypes, a process that has created one of the most memorable and powerful figures in American literary history. Driven by the guilt of his in the Salem Witch ancestor’s involvement
Chapter 1 The Scarlet Letter: Hester as the Patron Saint of the Fallen Woman “What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods or vermin is ideology”. –Eagleton, Idealogy XIII Hester Prynne is a character generated by a blending of the Madonna and the Whore archetypes, a process that has created one of the most memorable and powerful figures in American literary history. Driven by the guilt of his ancestor’s involvement in the Salem Witch
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