Ambitious Guest
There is a storm coming.
Why does the guest want to stay at the house?
Georgiana's birthmark.
What did Alymer become obsessed with?
Salem, Massachusetts.
Where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
Where does Goodman Brown live?
He did not like living in Salem. He hated going out in public.
How did Hawthorne feel about Salem?
To die without doing something remarkable.
What is the biggest fear of the ambitious guest?
Alymer.
Who does Georgiana love more than herself?
His ancestors participated in the Salem witch trials and he did not want to be associated with that.
Why did Nathaniel Hawthorne change his name?
A black serpent.
What does the man’s walking stick look like?
Truth and true freedom.
What would people find in nature?
A nice plot of land.
What does the landlord wish he had?
A scientist.
What was Alymer’s job before he married Georgiana?
Born in 1804.
When was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
A pink ribbon.
What flutters down from the sky?
It was set in the Puritan times and dealt with the consequences of characters who violated the community’s imposed morality.
What did “The Scarlet Letter” deal with?
An avalanche.
What kind of storm occured?
When she blushes.
When does the mark on Georgiana’s face disappear?
Sophia Peabody.
Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne married to?
Evil and temptation.
What does the serpent staff symbolize?
He had a much darker view on human nature and he focused more on story telling.
In what two ways was he different from the Transcendentalists?
What is left untouched?
Many people would risk their lives to do what?
1850.
When was the Scarlet Letter published?
The devil leads the man to acknowledge the evil within himself.
How is the story an allegory?
He was tutored at home and did not work. Most children at this time did not go to school and they worked.
How was his childhood different from that of most children?