Major Works Themes Flashcards

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The Scarlet Letter theme

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People can still be good people

  • people ain’t they appear to be on the outside
  • religious hypocrisy
  • friendship
  • prejudice
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Major worlds

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The Scarlet Letter
Moby Dick
Huck Finn

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Moby Dick Theme

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  • obsession can be destructive
  • revenge is destructive
  • religious hypocrisy
  • friendship
  • prejudice
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Huck Finn theme

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  • anti-racism
  • religious hypocrisy
  • friendship
  • prejudice
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Common themes

-friendship

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-friendship 
SL (Hester & Dimmesdale)
      (Dimmesdale &chillingseorth) 
      (Dimmesdale & Pearls)
MD (Quequeg & Ishmeal)
       (Harpooners and captains)
HF (Jim and Huck)
      (Huck and Tom)
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Common themes

-prejudice

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-prejudice 
SL (people towards Hester)
MD (towards Quequeg)
       (Towards the whale)
HF (people towards Jim)
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Common themes

-religious hypocrisy

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Religious hypocrisy
SL (reverend Dimmesdale)
MD (Ahab- bribes, death seeker, revenge against god. Harpooned have to be Christian, make exeption)
HF (white people in general having slaves)

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Common themes: appearance vs reality

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SL (Dimmesdale)

HF (

MD (whaling seems glamorous)

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