Scarlet LetterScaffold

Title: Scarlet LetterScaffold
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1699 | Pages: 7.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Scarlet LetterScaffold

Extended Definition: Scaffold “I am as content to die for God’s eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way (Bookshelf),” John Brown, a U.S. abolitionist in 1859, said in a letter to his children on the eve of his execution. The scaffold is a raised wooden framework or platform used for public speaking. It is similar to a stage or a framework. A scaffold is also a platform used in the execution …showed first 75 words of 1699 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1699 total…public speaking or a theatrical performance, but only for the confession of sin. Most Puritans did not realize that the scaffold could have many positive uses. Likewise, to be scaffolded, by definition, is just as likely to be a good action as a bad one. Unfortunately, most historical documentation about the scaffold relates to of executions and punishments. Thus, the word scaffold can do many beneficial things for mankind, yet carries a very negative aura.

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