Scarlet Letter Essay Self-Assessment:
1. Entire Essay- Doomed Intentions
a. Please make sure to double-space and use 12-point font
b. I went back to change the essay to 12-point font.
c. This change is made to make sure the essay is in a standard format that is easier to grade.
2. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced by the Puritan Society to wear a scarlet “A” on her breast for the rest of her life. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and as a punishment, the Puritan Society forces her to wear a scarlet “A” on her breast for the rest of her life.
c. I originally used passive voice …show more content…
Although the letter’s effect on Hester deviates, the scarlet letter’s original purpose is to shame Hester into revealing the name of her accomplice in her crime by making an example of her.
c. I made a smoother transition from my thesis to the context behind the original purpose of the scarlet letter.
7. It is also made to isolate Hester, its distinct color and nature separating her from Puritan society. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. It is also aims to isolate Hester, with its distinct color and nature separating her from Puritan society.
c. I changed the sentence by removing the passive voice and keeping it in literary present tense.
8. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester Prynne. a. That
b. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing that the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester Prynne.
c. I changed the sentence by adding “that”, which makes the sentence more understandable and grammatically correct.
9. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing that the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester
1. Entire Essay- Doomed Intentions
a. Please make sure to double-space and use 12-point font
b. I went back to change the essay to 12-point font.
c. This change is made to make sure the essay is in a standard format that is easier to grade.
2. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced by the Puritan Society to wear a scarlet “A” on her breast for the rest of her life. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and as a punishment, the Puritan Society forces her to wear a scarlet “A” on her breast for the rest of her life.
c. I originally used passive voice …show more content…
Although the letter’s effect on Hester deviates, the scarlet letter’s original purpose is to shame Hester into revealing the name of her accomplice in her crime by making an example of her.
c. I made a smoother transition from my thesis to the context behind the original purpose of the scarlet letter.
7. It is also made to isolate Hester, its distinct color and nature separating her from Puritan society. a. P/V-Passive Voice
b. It is also aims to isolate Hester, with its distinct color and nature separating her from Puritan society.
c. I changed the sentence by removing the passive voice and keeping it in literary present tense.
8. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester Prynne. a. That
b. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing that the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester Prynne.
c. I changed the sentence by adding “that”, which makes the sentence more understandable and grammatically correct.
9. The sunlight represents the opposite of darkness, lending significance to what it lights and showing that the true purpose of the scarlet letter is to reveal the sin of Hester