Hawthorne the Author
Which literary movement did Hawthorne belong to?
Romanticism
"Let me now do the will which He hath made plain before my sight. For, Hester, I am a dying man. So let me make haste to take my shame upon me!”
Dimmesdale
Where does Pearl say she was “plucked from”?
Hawthorne wrote during which century?
19th (1800's)
"But wilt thou promise to take my handto-morrow noontide?”
Pearl
How is Chillingworth described in his relationship to Dimmesdale?
A leech
Where did Hawthorne live for most of his life? (City, State)
Salem, MA
“Shall we not spend our immortal life together? Surely, surely, we have ransomed one another, with all this woe! Thou lookest far into eternity, with those bright dying eyes! Then tell me what thou seest?"
Hester
What is the physical sensation of the scarlet letter compared to?
Burning/Fire
Which real life Puritan event was Hawthorne's ancestor connected to?
Salem Witch Trials
"Thou hast escaped me! Thou hast escaped me!"
Chillingworth
What does it mean when Hibbins says Pearl’s father is “the Prince of the Air”?
Her father is the devil
Where did both Hawthorne and the narrator work?
Custom House
Dost thou think I have been to the forest so many times, and have yet no skill to judge who else has been there?
Mistress Hibbins
What fantastical creature is Pearl often compared to? (hint: not a demon)
Elf/Imp