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100
"...marked with weather-stains and other indications of age which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front."
What is the Prison?
100
A beautiful young woman with a deadly sin.
Who is Hester?
100
"The saint of earth!" Alas, if he discern such sinfulness in hiw own white soul, what horrid spectacle would he behold in thine or mine!"
Who is the Congregation?
100
Without it, there would be no Pearl.
What is the A?
100
The chapter based on the center of town where everything from shopping to hangings are going on.
What is The Market-Place (9) about?
200
The place that Hester and Dimmsadale ran off to together.
What is Europe?
200
"...eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery of the letter, and putting up her hand grasped as it, smiling, not doubtfully, but with decidley glean.."
Who is Pearl
200
"Thus she will be a living sermon agianst sin, until the ignominous letter be engraved upon her tombstone. It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her inquity, should not at least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known!- he will be known! -he will be known!
Who is Chillingworth?
200
It was hope outside the prison door.
What is the rose bush?
200
In this chapter, Hester reunites with this "doctor" and did not want to give her baby his medicine.
What is The Interview (4) about?
300
Away from the sight of others. Abandoned on its own. A place where one is not accused, but a place of one's shelter. Yet it is a place of great work.
What is Hester's cottage?
300
Wicked and evil was she, but indeed had blood of sainctified power.
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
300
"Mercy on us goodwife... is there no virtue in woman, save what springs from a wholesome fear of the gallows?"
Who is the man in the crowd?
300
A place that was free and open to be one's self. Dimmesdale did not have to hide the truth here.
What is the Forest?
300
"Peace, Hester, peace!" was said by Chillingworth in this chapter.
What is Hester and the Physician (14) about?
400
"... the sunshine fell a slant-wise over the front of the edifice, it glittered and sparkled as if diamonds had been flung against it by the double handful. The brilliantcy might have befitted Aladdin's palace rather than the mansion of a grave old Puritan ruler."
What is the Governor's Mansion?
400
"He wore a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery on his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath; a gentalman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles."
Who is Governor Bellingham?
400
"I, whom you behold in these black garments of the priesthood, --I who ascend the sacred desk, and turn my pale face heavenward, taking upon myself to hold communion..."
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
400
"Little Pearl--who was greatly pleased with the gleaming armor... "Mother, cried she, I see you here. Look! Look!"
What is a mirrors/reflections?
400
In Hester and Pearl, Pearl showed her artistic ablilites and made an "A" out of this.
What is eel-grass?
500
Stricken with grieve, a revelation was revealed. An up lifting of truth and soul.
What happened at the scaffold?
500
The jailer
Who is Master Brackett?
500
"I have striven with my younger brother here, under whose preaching of the word you have been privileged to sit."
Who is John Wilson?
500
A sinful beauty, rich and known, marked on the A.
What is gold?
500
In this chapter, Dimmesdale makes his final "exposure" to the people which ended in his death.
What happens in The Revelation Of The Scarlet Letter (23)?
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