In Chapter One of The Scarlet Letter, the author describes a rosebush that "had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Anne Hutchinson." In the closing chapter of the novel, the narrator observes that Hester "assured them. . . of her firm belief that, at some higher period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness."
Write an argument in response to the following question: Why does Hawthorne chose an intellectual rebel, Anne Hutchinson, to frame the story of Hester Prynne? Cite evidence from The Scarlet Letter (using page numbers with quotes) and the texts below which present Hutchinson's ideas, her trial, and her life story.
"Anne Hutchinson's Creed"
http://www.annehutchinson.com/creed.htm
Anne Hutchinson Trial Transcript
http://www.annehutchinson.com/anne_hutchinson_trial_006.htm
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"--Anne Bradstreet's poem to her husband Simon, who was involved in the trial of Hutchinson.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/238168#poem
Anne Hutchinson: Brief Life of a Harvard Midwife
http://harvardmag.com/pdf/2002/11-pdfs/1102-32.pdf
Write an argument in response to the following question: Why does Hawthorne chose an intellectual rebel, Anne Hutchinson, to frame the story of Hester Prynne? Cite evidence from The Scarlet Letter (using page numbers with quotes) and the texts below which present Hutchinson's ideas, her trial, and her life story.
"Anne Hutchinson's Creed"
http://www.annehutchinson.com/creed.htm
Anne Hutchinson Trial Transcript
http://www.annehutchinson.com/anne_hutchinson_trial_006.htm
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"--Anne Bradstreet's poem to her husband Simon, who was involved in the trial of Hutchinson.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/238168#poem
Anne Hutchinson: Brief Life of a Harvard Midwife
http://harvardmag.com/pdf/2002/11-pdfs/1102-32.pdf