Characters
This character is compared to a fairy and an elf.
This is the place where Hester and Dimmesdale meet.
Name the device used: 'I thank you from my heart, most watchful friend...' [Dimmesdale to Chillingworth] (Hawthorne 176).
The normal punishment for adultery within the Puritan community would have been this.
This is what Dimmesdale wonders if he has signed the Black Man's book with.
This character is pleased and claims credit for the recovery of Dimmesdale.
This is where Pearl plays, and also what seems to divide her from Dimmesdale and her mother.
Name the device used: Dimmesdale is tempted three times, like Peter.
Several of the Puritan women wanted to do this to put the letter 'A' on Hester's forehead.
This is what Pearl kisses, other than both of her cheeks, when she returns to her mother.
This character is never seen in the book, but is implied to meet with the witches in the forest.
This is the city where Dimmesdale returns after meeting with Hester.
'And will he always keep his hand over his heart' (Hawthorne 167)?
The Puritans believed that God was wrathful and felt this emotion towards them.
This is the country from which a recent vessel arrives.
This character is the sister of the Governor and a practicing witch.
This is where Chillingworth comes to check on Dimmesdale at the end of Chapter 20.
Name the device used: 'Bring it hither!' said Hester. 'Come and take it up!' answered Pearl (Hawthorne 166).
The Puritans believed in wearing clothing of this characteristic.
This is the name of the Deacon which Dimmesdale encounters on the path home.
On the way home from town, Dimmesdale meets a sailor of this ethnicity.
This is the building which Dimmesdale feels as if he has only seen in his dreams.
Name the device used: 'I have a strange fancy... that this brook is the boundary between two worlds, and thou canst never meet thy Pearl again' (Hawthorne 165).
The Puritans believed that if anything happened, good or bad, it coincided with this.
This is the friend of Mistress Hibbins who was hanged for murder.