In the scarlet letter, hester finds herself in the midst of a whirlwind of accusation and ostracism, even though she knows she is not the only imperfect person in the colony. she wears her red letter a, knowing it marks her apart from everyone else, but also knowing that the letter “has not done its office.” the townspeople hoped that the letter would make her consider her relationship with god, but hester feels this is a private matter. when the townspeople begin to feel hester’s letter has changed meanings because of hester’s good deeds and the poor, they consider the idea of letting hester take off the letter. for this discussion, consider the following questions: would the removal of the scarlet letter be as pointless as forcing hester to wear it in the first place? be sure to give textual support in your answer. has there been a time when you were ostracized because of a single act? did you act like hester, enforcing the distinction between you and the group, or did you seek forgiveness for your action? is it better to be true to yourself and be separate or to seek forgiveness for a perceived wrong? write a short summary of your answers to the questions.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

i suggest it is anadiplosis