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Scarlet Letter / Moby Dick mashup

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This tattoo belongs to Kristen.  It is the scarlet A (The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne) with a harpoon through it (Moby Dick by Herman Melville).

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  2. Kirsten
    May 5th, 2009 - 11:43

    Of course it's New England! I am from Cape Cod haha.

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  3. Caitlin
    May 7th, 2009 - 22:51

    Just curious, but what inspired this combination?

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  4. Kirsten
    May 17th, 2009 - 07:50

    Hey Caitlin, Moby Dick and The Scarlet Letter are two of my favorite novels, and I love the intense friendship albeit short one of Melville and Hawthorne.

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  5. Paul
    May 21st, 2009 - 07:19

    Hey Kirsten I just had to comment – that's a fantastic tattoo. I was thinking of getting a Melville-inspired whale for a while but worried that it'd be too obscure as an image. I know what you mean by their friendship, its an ingenious idea to mix the two!

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