I.
Blog Posts
a.
Sacrifice (Kate) and Loyalty (Breeze)
i.
Sacrifice and Loyalty
1.
Loyalty to
a.
God
i.
Esther, Winthrop
b.
Society
i.
Winthrop, Mononotto, Fletcher
c.
An individual
i.
Everell, Magawisca, Hope, Esther
ii.
Based upon this, is loyalty really
rewarded in the novel? It seems as though loyalty is most often rewarded in the
novel when it is between two individuals
1.
In Hope Leslie, Sedgwick develops
a plot that rewards characters who demonstrate loyalty and punishes those who
do not.
2.
Is Magawisca truly
rewarded for her loyalty?
a.
The only reason she was arrested to
begin with was out of her loyalty to her father, as he believed the reunion of
Hope and Leslie would benefit his tribe
iii.
In her letter she
asks, "…would it not have been better as well as kinder, to have said,
‘Esther, I do not love thee,’ than to have permitted me to follow my silly
imaginings and thereby have sacrificed my happiness for this world—and
thine—and Hope Leslie’s?” (360).
1.
Does sacrifice always mean loyalty?
2.
Everell was not completely
straightforward with Esther about how he felt. He acted in a way that was
selfish, and possibly disloyal? (Selfish vs. Selfless Sacrifice)
a.
Everell was trying to choose between
loyalty to his society’s desire for him to marry Esther vs. loyalty to an
individual (Hope)
b.
Esther realizes that she doesn’t need to
have a husband in order to be happy, and says something along these lines when
writing to Everell in her letter. Is this an example of her being rewarded for
her loyalty to God / society?
c.
Was Rosa’s final sacrifice a selfish or
selfless act? Was her final vengeance against Sir Philip her own way of being
rewarded for her loyalty throughout the plot?
II.
Letters
a.
What is the purpose of Sedgwick using letters
throughout the novel
i.
Exposition – why is it better to have a
character recount events as opposed writing out the scene?
1.
Mrs. Fletcher
a.
Everell character development – his
ideals appear to be clashing with his mother’s
b.
Love between Magawisca and Everell
2.
Hope Leslie
a.
Development of other characters;
Cradock, Grafton, Nelema, Mr. Pynchon
b.
Jail break
c.
Hope’s letter shows her rebellious side,
and identifies her perspective of justice
3.
Grafton’s letter
a.
Connection between Hope and Everell
4.
Gardiner’s Letter
a.
True nature of Gardiner
b.
What does it reveal about Puritan
society
5.
Esther’s Letter
a.
Why conclude the novel with a letter
from her?
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