TSL
Describe Roger Chillingworth
Hester's former husband. Was kidnapped by natives and arrived to Boston just as she was on the scaffold for the first time. Used to be very scholarly and studious, but wanted revenge on her partner in sin, so becomes a leech.
What does Abigail Adams really think of the White House? What did she expect it to be like? What does she tell her daughter to tell people?
She thinks it's very unfinished, disorganized, and not at all what she was expecting. She thought that it would be a lot nicer and less isolated, instead of in the middle of the forest. She tells her daughter to tell people that it's very nice and grand.
Aphorism
Short, memorable saying with a meaning
What three things does the scarlet letter symbolize?
Adultery, able, angel
What did Benjamin Franklin write?
Poor Richard's Almanack
Describe Pearl
Hester and Dimmsdale's daughter. Many people think she's a demon child/witch baby because she acts unlike other children in the town.
What does Phillis Wheatly compare America to?
Columbia
Parrallelism
Repeating the same grammatical structure
(example: Give me Liberty or Give me Death!)
What does the rosebush outside the jail symbolize?
Hope
What short sayings are found throughout Poor Richard's Almanack?
Aphorisms
Why is Pearl upset in the forest?
Hester took off the scarlet letter and was acting strange because she was around Dimmsdale
He tried to live a purely perfect life, but realizes that no one can be truly perfect, so he prioritizes being happy over perfection
Almanac
Farmer's book
What is Pearl a symbol of?
Hester's sin
What did Thomas Jefferson write?
Declaration of Independence
What happens to RC after Dimmsdale dies on the scaffold?
He dies within a year because a leech cannot live without a host
What did Thomas Paine write? What is the famous opening line of it?
The Crisis: These are the times that try men's souls
Psydonym
Pen name
What does Pearl symbolize (in the forest)?
Light and truth (shedding light on a situation)
What are the unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
What does Pearl see in the governer's house (relating to Hester)? What does she see, want, and cry because she can't have it?
Her mother's scarlet letter, enlargened/inflated in the reflection of armor. She wants a rose.
What did Patrick Henry write? What was the purpose of it?
Speech in the Virginia convention. To take a stand against the British government and encourage people to speak out and fight for independence from the king.
Restatement vs Repetition
Restatement: repeating the same idea in different ways
Repetition: repeating the same idea with the same language
What do people see on Dimmsdale's chest when he dies?
Some people believe that they see an "A" like Hester's carved into his chest, others say nothing. The truth is uncertain.
What are some of Franklin's virtues?
Temperance, order, frugality, ect.