Sentences with phrase «scarlet letter as»

Why do you think Jordan chose The Scarlet Letter as a jumping - off point for her story?

I should probably reread Scarlet Letter as above did.

I didn't adhere to The Scarlet Letter as much as riff on it.

Very clever of Hillary Jordan to use The Scarlet Letter as the jumping off for When She Awoke.

Not exact matches

Today's «undecided» students, however, are by no means wearing that label like a scarlet letter; rather, it's often seen as a symbol of whimsical youth, of spontaneous self - discovery, of a Tolkien-esque desire to explore: «Not all those who wander are lost...» Well, sort of.

Sort of «The Scarlet Letter» set in a Southern California high school, «Easy A» stars Emma Stone in a hugely charismatic performance as a whip - smart student who takes pity on geeky guys by letting them say they've had sex with her.

And because of The Scarlet Letter, my future America ended up being not just cruel and repressive but also essentially a theocracy, as seventeenth - century Boston was.

The Scarlet Letter was required reading in my high school as well, but the district didn't pay for it; we had to buy our own paperbacks for some reason.

In my 11th - grade English class, a beloved teacher known as «Carp» (for Carpenter, not the fish) was giving a lecture on The Scarlet Letter when he suddenly hopped onto a table — a makeshift scaffold — and became Dimmesdale reincarnate.