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Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (Cliffs Notes)

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The Scarlet Letter was assigned reading in my English class. I found that the best way to understand the book was to read it aloud. The Cliff Notes did not help me on the quiz. They are completely plot summary. I was able to use Monarch notes since they provided much more detail

These book notes were awful-They didn't give suffice information of the plot of the book-Don't buy them! Just read the book or go to Barron's!

this book... well... it waz ok... alot of imagery, symbolisim, irony, and stuff... it also reflected our society today. like the clinton's naughty thing. but religion was stronger then. it was not a good book nor a bad book. perfect for a AP english classs.... but don't think it's a good book to read only just for fun... sometimes u have to read a page over and over before u fully understand the point Hawthorne was trying to make.

This book is really boring. I don't recomend it to anyone. I'm sorry if you had to read it. I feel your pain.

it was lackin detail and really didnt help me as much as i wanted. overall was not worth the money i paid for them.

Had to read it for school, hard to muddle through. Suggestion: skip the commentary, just read the dialogue, and you'll get the gist. The cliff notes sure helped.

Nothing ever happens in this book. All Hawthorne does is talk about relations between the characters. Where did all the plot go. If you want to understand this book don't bother reading the entire thing. Get the cliff notes and read about the characters. If you do that you're guaranteed an A. I got to pg. 200 and I couldn't take anymore torture. This book is booooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.

Hawthorne uses entirely too much imagery.There is supposed to be some deeper meaning but it is hidden so well I'll never find it until after I flunk my Literature test and the teacher explains it.

I read the scarlet letter for my English class and had to write an essay on the symbolism. Hawthorne used too much symbolism in the story making it very hard to understand. I would not recomend this book to anyone unless they cant sleep. It was the most boring book I have ever read.

don't bother wasting your time reading this lame book. it is just WASTE of time. if its for an assigment, i suggest that u just buy cliffnotes. the language is so hard to understand and the book it self is boring