Characters
Plot and Setting
Themes
Historical Context
Symbolism
100
"In giving her existence, a great law was broken; and the result was a being whose element were perhaps beautiful and brilliant, but all in disorder."
Who is Pearl?
100
Where sins are exposed and where Dimmesdale dies.
What is the scaffold?
100
A moral crime.
What is a sin?
100
Early colonial religious sect whose values are discussed in the book.
What is Puritanism?
100
Human representation of the Scarlet Letter.
What is Pearl?
200
Described as a malefactress.
Who is Hester?
200
Remote from society; someone's thatched place of dwelling.
What is the cottage?
200
Hawthorne uses this in setting/ scenery to conrast good and evil.
What is darkness/light?
200
"May it serve...to symbolize some sweet moral blossom...relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow."
What is the rose bush?
300
Sadistic and incorrigible.
What is Chillingworth?
300
Secret meeting place of sinful lovers.
What is the forest?
300
Remorse; self-loathing for prior actions.
What is guilt?
300
Usual punishment for adultery (Hester got off easy).
What is death sentence?
300
One cannot hide from God. God sees all sin.
What is the "A" meteor?
400
Cryptic and could be considered selfish.
What is Dimmesdale?
400
Home of an elite; where treasures are almost taken away.
What is the Governor's mansion?
400
Punishment; what is expressed towards someone who has done wrong to you.
What is revenge/hatred?
400
Everyone is either born going to Heaven or going to Hell; pre-destination.
What is the Puritan belief about salvation?
400
Proof that there is good in all bad.
What is Hester's beauty and resilience?
500
Worships the "Black Man".
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
500
One of the two original structures in the colony; beautiful flowers liven the scenery.
What is the prison door?
500
The light that shines even when it is dark all around.
What is beauty even in the worst of situations?
500
Was the main judge in the Salem Witch Trials; one of the reasons Hawthorne was inspired to write about Puritanism.
Who is John Hathorne (great-great-grandfather)?
500
Evil; temptation. (multiple answers)
What is darkness/the Black Man/Chillingworth?
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