Plot
What is the main offense made by Hester to start off the book?
What is Cheating
What is the name of the daughter that Hester had after she cheated?
What is Pearl Prynne
What is the main Theme of The Scarlett Letter?
What are All sins have consequences
Where does the book take place?
What is a Puritan settlement
What does the color red symbolize?
What is Pride
What was the punishment for Hester's offense at the beginning of the book?
What is Had to wear a Scarlett Letter.
How does Roger Chillingworth relate to Hester?
What is He is her ex-husband
This theme is present when Hester and Pearl are forced to wear a Scarlett Letter.
What is Identity and Society
When exactly does the book take place?
What is 17th century
What does Pearl symbolize?
What is Sin
What does Chillingworth do to Dimmesdale as retribution for the offense made by Hester at the beginning of the book?
What is Physicological Torture
Who is the father of Pearl?
What is Arthur Dimmesdale
What is the main idea in The Scarlett Letter?
What is Love understands sin.
Describe a common Puritan settlement?
What is a very Religious based community that shamed sinners.
What does sunlight symbolize?
What is Love
What does Dimmesdale do to pay for his offense?
What is Burns a Scarlett Letter on his chest.
Who does Chillingworth want revenge on?
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
What major themes are present in the actions of Roger Chillingworth?
What is Vengeance and Jealousy
Where do the main interactions between Pearl, Hester, and Dimmesdale take place?
What is the town scaffold at night time.
What does darkness symbolize?
When and where does Dimmesdale die? And who dies soon after?
What is Dimmesdale dies after confessing his sin to the community, and then immediately dies of a heart attack (guilt). Chillingworth dies a year later unsatisfied with his revenge.
How would you describe Hester's feelings about her offense?
What is She is proud that it resulted in her daughter.
What theme is highlighted by Hester's parental actions?
What is Female Independence
Where does Chillingworth punish Dimmesdale and why was Chillingworth there?
What is Chillingworth punishes Dimmesdale in his house because he moved in to help Dimmesdale because he was sick with guilt.
What do the many descriptions of Chillingworth's appearance symbolize?
What is his actions