![]() ![]() Hester is viewed largely as a burden to society because her quest for social advancement is undermined by her tendency to look for love in all the wrong places. ![]() Instead of being forced to wear a scarlet “A,” she continually writes the letter “A” because it is only letter of the alphabet that she knows. Ayers ’10), an illiterate homeless mother of five who lives on the fringes of society, under a bridge. Hester Prynne is transformed into Hester La Negrita (Jenné B. Strict Puritan mores are replaced with the doctrine of personal responsibility and the disdain for welfare mothers. Washington ’09, “In the Blood” updates Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic text “The Scarlet Letter.” Running this past weekend at the Agassiz Theatre, the play explores the modern stigma of being a mother of illegitimate children. Imafidon ’07, and co-produced by Christian I.C. Have you ever felt that you were powerless to change your fate? Presented by the Black Community and Student Theatre (BlackC.A.S.T), Suzan-Lori Parks’s “In the Blood” captured all the elements of classic tragedy and dark humor with a subtle message about the pervasiveness of human hypocrisy. ![]()
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