Hawthorne
Motifs
Symbols
Characterization
Miscellaneous
100
Brook Farm
What is the name of the commune where Hathorne and Sophia lived?
100
"... put a hot iron on H.P.'s forehead" "I behold the token,...it glows like a red flame in the dark."
What is Burning/Branding/Heat?
100
the rosebush
What symbol is utilized as an allusion to Anne Hutchinson?
100
sprite, elf, capricious
Who is Pearl?
100
1804-1864
What are the years of N.H.'s life?
200
Salem Custom House
Where did Hawthorne work before being let go?
200
"He gathered here and there an herb, a grubbed up root." "pigweed, apple peru, grass-plot..."
What is flowers/fauna/weeds and vegetation?
200
Red and gold clothing
What are the primary colors of Pearl's attire?
200
Hanged at Gallows Hill for witchcraft
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
200
appointed
How are jobs earned at the Custom House?
300
United States Counsel to Liverpool, England
What is the job given to N.H. as thanks for writing about this President?
300
"Her [HP] beauty shone out, and made a halo of misfortune." "There was an absolute circle of radiance around the small figure."
What is ethereal imagery?
300
Hester-Ester Pearl-Matthew 32 Dimmesdale-Secrets and shadows Chillingwoth-Cold-hearted fiend
What isthe symbolic significance to main characters' names?
300
cautious and inquiring attitude
Who is Chillingworth?
300
teach women to accept the challenges dealt them
Whhat is Hester's final mission or why does she return to Boston?
400
Anti-Transcendentalism
What philosphy did N.H. follow?
400
"The minister had a dim perception of some evil influence hanging over him..." Sometimes in utter darkness did he try to commit acts of penance. It vanished as if the child had absorbed it into herself.
What is sunshine and shadows/ darkness and light?
400
Used for public humiliation
What is the scaffold?
400
pursues salvation through a life of good deads and introspection
Who is Hester Prynne?
400
progenitor 80 years prior to Hawthorne
Who is Surveyor Jonathan Pue?
500
Bowdoin College, Maine
What is the name of the college N.H. attended and in what state does it reside?
500
"Such was the sympathy of Nature...Love, must always create a sunshine when it fills the hearts so full of radiance."
What is Pathetic Fallacy?
500
Meteor as seen by the townspeople
What is an angelic representation for Governor Winthrop's passing?
500
lives a duplicitous life penance and mock penitence
Who is Reverend Dimmesdale?
500
booked passage on the sailing vessel
Who are: Hester, Pearl, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth?
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