Monday, November 8, 2010

Dialectical Journal 16

Prynne

Means to purify her Sin, probe into the interior of ones heart. Purify means to remove containments from. Containment is the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. So then to remove her containments from her sin means that she is going to let the harm of her sin run wild. But does her sin actually cause any harm? Or does little Pearl actually represent the Puritans inner desires.

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