APEnglish–Los Al

· First we did the tone sheet-“Beverly Hills, Chicago”

-there was a shift in the attitude towards gardens

· Discussed pictures of labyrinths on the screen

-Many labyrinths were in churches-found in Europe, especially Italy (Catholic church) and Ravenna

-visual metaphor of life – the path towards finding God

-minotaur (half man/half beast) lived in labyrinths

-if you don’t chose the right path, the minotaur will destroy you

-also a metaphor for being spiritually lost

· Amoral/Immoral Discussion

-Amoral: w/o any moral consideration, no evil, there is no evil or good because those are moral judgments, nature (never subjugated)

-Immoral-against a moral code, has moral distinctions, there exists good and evil, based on morals, society/civilizations side, Dimmesdale ( is forced to stay on the moral side, however, by free will, he decides to wander into nature, fails, cannot break away from moral code)

-humans are natural conformists

-when Dimmesdale decides to leave the maze of confusion, he goes to nature, he changes dramatically, but he still fells a moral responsibility

-Dimmesdale’s free will and Hester both guide him towards the wild

-Free choice creates who you are

-he is tempted to tell bad things to people, but he resists, he knows that it is wrong (bound to a moral code)

-Mistress Hibbins noticed that Dimmesdale had met the Black Man

-as much as Dimmesdale would like to free himself from society, he forces himself to do what is better (according to Hawthorne), follow a moral code

-Dimmesdale focuses on law, not his love for Hester, even when he was dying

-Hester becomes a shadow with a letter and the letter has become her name

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