Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Misc.
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What does Pearl want from Dimmsdale?
What is a kiss
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What accounts for the change in Pearl?
What is sympathy. She felt as though there was happiness once again inn these people.
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What becomes of Pearl?
What is she grows up, marries, and lives happily ever after.
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Did he write the Scarlet Letter?
What is yes
100
When was the last time the Chicago Bears won a Super Bowl?
What is 1985
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What is the source of Dimmsdale's apparent new strength?
What is Hester
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Why does Dimmsdale stand "on the very proudest eminence of superiority" before the crowd?
What is he does this to emphasize the point that he is a sinner like everyone else and does not belong to be up there.
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Why does Hawthorne leave the origin of Dimmsdale's mark ambiguous?
What is to let the reader come to their own conclusion about what he deserved for his sins.
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Why did Nathaniel Hawthorne write the Scarlet Letter?
What is to, in a way, try and make up for what his ancestors did during the Salem witch trials.
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What clues has Hawthorne offered his reader to prepare him or her for the revelation of the Scarlet letter on his chest?
What is how the reverend always has his hand over his chest.
300
Explain the remarks, "The sainted minister in the church! The woman of the scarlet letter in the market-place!"
What is he is the minister and a saint while she is a poor sinful woman that committed adultery. They are too different and they couldn't possibly be together.
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What does Chillingworth mean when he says, "There was no one place...where thou couldst have escaped me-save on this very scaffold!"
What is if he had just come forward at the beginning, none of this would have happened.
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What happens to Chillingworth? What does he give Pearl?
What is he dies and leaves a good sum of property to Pearl.
300
Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestor?
What is Judge Hathorn.
300
Does this type of labeling still happen today? Give an example.
What is yes. People label other by race, gender, etc.
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What is Mistress Hibbins saying about the people in the Salem Village?
What is that they are hypocrites. They call Dimmsdale a saint and her a sinner when they both go into the Forrest.
400
In what way is Dimmsdale's sin worse than Hester's? Of Hester, Chillingsworth, and Dimmsdale, whose sin is the worst? Why?
What is Dimmsdale lied about it and never accepted the blame or the consequences.
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What theories are given about the scarlet letter imprinted on the minister's flesh?
What is that he carved it into himself or that Chillingworth used magic or poison to make it appear.
400
Where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
What is Salem, Massachusetts
400
Why would Hawthorne allow the story to end with Hester and Dimmesdale being remembered so ignominiously?
What is because he wants to allow the reader to decide their fate and to show that that is how people saw them and that our sins never truly leave us.
500
What is Hawthorne's point about the governors' ability to govern? Does he seem to find fault with them? Why or why not?
What is that Hawthorne uses the theme hypocrisy saying the governor is willing to give advice and rules, but not practice what he preaches.
500
Many critics believe the novel is structured around the three scaffold scenes: the ones in chapters 2 and 12 and this one. Explain how each fits the typical plot scheme of conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion.
What is this is the problem. Hester is on the scaffold in chapter 2, Dimmsdale in chapter 12, and the family in chapter 23.
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Why do you suppose Hester returns to Salem? What might Hawthorne's point be about sin, repentance, and redemption?
What is Hester returning to Salem is hawthorns last point of redemption showing that she survived through her sin and is willing to carry-on.
500
When was the Scarlet Letter written?
What is 1850
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What do you do if you catch on fire?
What is stop, drop, and roll!
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