Essential Questions
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Today's Tasks:
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Is Elizabeth Pain the Real Hester Pryne?
- Critics claim that the gravestone of Elizabeth Pain, found in King's Chapel burying grounds in Boston, is the gravestone Hawthorne used as inspiration for the final paragraph of The Scarlet Letter.
- Research Elizabeth Pain's history AND the argument behind why critics believe her gravestone inspired Hawthorne.
- As a group discuss and then write a constructed response that DEFENDS, CHALLENGES, OR QUALIFIES the following statement: Nathaniel Hawthorne's "engraved escutcheon" was inspired by the gravestone of Elizabeth Pain. You must refer to the visual gravestone and any primary/secondary sources (from your research).
- Your response must be clearly written, well executed, and eloquent, using strong diction, syntax, and tone.