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ebonirene
12-10-2006, 11:00 AM
How does HAwthorne use the colors red, black, and gray to influence the reader's perception of the moral and emotional tone of The Scarlet Letter??

Rach
12-17-2006, 03:11 PM
hmmm dunno. but respond to mine please????

klawick
12-19-2006, 12:02 PM
Read the first page of the Scarlet Letter. It lets you know that the book is not going to be a joyful one.

Ch. 1
"A throng of bearded men, in SAD-COLORED garments and GRAY, steeple-crowned hats, inermixed with woman, SOME WEARING HOODS, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door which was HEAVILY timbered with oak, and STUDDED WITH IRON SPIKES.

Red, black, and gray aren't happy colors and I think Hawthrone uses that to his advantage to prove a point.