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"Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy ..." In this quote, who fails to "recognize his enemy"?
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
Who is the Governor that has died in Chapter 12?
Who is Gov. John Winthrop?
One night, a meteorite flashes a cross the sky. What shape does it create?
What is "the letter A"?
In Chapter 12 “The Minister’s Vigil,” the minister goes for a walk in the middle of the night. Where does he end up?
What does Pearl do when she sees Dimmesdale walking in the cemetery?
What is throws burrs at him?
Considered the "leech" in the story.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
At one point, Pearl uses this to make a fake “A” to put on her own chest.
What is eelgrass?
When Dimmesdale is distressed, what does he have a habit of doing?
What is place a hand over his heart?
When Dimmesdale stands upon the scaffolding, holding hands with Hester and Pearl, what does Pearl ask him?
What is if he will stand with them at noontime?
Dimmesdale is growing weak. What do most people say is the reason for his weakness?
What is he works too hard?
Forces Dimmesdale to accept help from the physician.
Who are the church parishioners?
Roger Chillingworth has some ‘good’ news for Hester. What is it?
What is the elders said she can remove the “A” ?
The members of Dimmesdale's congregation think him to be a wonderful man, and Dimmesdale is aware of their love for him. The author finds that the minister's response seems "inconceivable." How does the minister feel about their love?
He feels guilt and torment. This adoration actually increases his suffering because he views their admiration as a reminder of his hidden sin.
What noise does Dimmesdale make on the scaffold late one night?
What is he shrieks?
"More than once," the minister gets up to speak in the pulpit, intending to reveal himself to be a terrible sinner. What awful sin does he intend to confess, but never actually does?
That he has committed adultery with Hester and Pearl is actually his daughter.
Three ways Dimmesdale's sin affects him physically.
1 - A striking pain in his chest
2 - An inability to sleep
3 - Loss of weight
According to Chillingworth, whose fault is it that he has become a “fiend”?
What is himself and Hester?
Generally, people see Hester differently now than they had at the time she was imprisoned. Briefly, what do they now think of Hester?
What is with respect and admiration instead of scorn?
What two people come out of their houses to investigate the noise made by the minister upon the scaffold?
Who are Governor Bellingham and Mistress Hibbins?
What is Hester's response when she hears she is going to be allowed to take off the letter "A"?
She decides not to take off the letter.
Over time, many of the townspeople eventually assign a different meaning to Hester’s scarlet letter, believing it stands for ____ rather than for adultery.
What is able?
Hester is dismayed at the change she sees in Dimmesdale over the years. Who does she decide to visit to help him?
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
Chillingworth points out a grave from which a strange sort of weed grows. In telling about the grave, Chillingworth cautions Dimmesdale that it is bad for a person to die the way the person in that grave must have died. What is Chillingworth trying to convince Dimmesdale to do?
What is "confess his secret sin"?
What physical changes have happened to Roger Chillingworth over the years?
He changes from a deformed, studious scholar into a decrepit, demonic figure. His expressions turns even and dark. He withers from within from revenge.
What does Hester advise Chillingworth to do, for his own good, as well as for Dimmesdale's and Hester's?
What is release his hatred and forgive?