tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post7922312942188665620..comments2023-05-27T04:26:16.242-07:00Comments on Dreaming Without Memory in Strangled Sleep: Pull Me Out AliveMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-56724977199459126282010-02-24T04:21:18.634-08:002010-02-24T04:21:18.634-08:00I love The Scarlett Letter. And you've really ...I love The Scarlett Letter. And you've really nailed it with this moment from the story--the idea that escape likely looks much different than we anticipate. Concealment often leads not to one's escape from consequences or criticisms, but to a much deeper and darker imprisonment from which one can't escape.<br /><br />Oh, man, do I sound melodramatic now. It's time to go to sleep,Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-89976201344791329522010-02-24T04:11:52.723-08:002010-02-24T04:11:52.723-08:00"...we can escape perhaps only when we realiz..."...we can escape perhaps only when we realize that we cannot."<br /><br />I was just teaching <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> to my undergrads, and was struck more than I have been previously by just this idea. Craggy old Chillingworth stalks guilt-ridden Rev. Dimmesdale for 200 pages until Dimmesdale <i>finally</i> climbs up on the scaffold to publicly confess to an affair with Hester. Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.com