Characters
Setting
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
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Woman who wears the Scarlet Letter
What is Hester
100
Where did the story take place
What is Boston, Massachusetts
100
Who stayed under Dimmesdale's roof and tormented him so
What is Chillingsworth
100
Who is ecstatic that a father and daughter relationship can develop between Pearl and Dimmesdale
What is Dimmesdale
100
Why does Dimmesdale almost burst on the way home?
His guilt is getting to him
200
Symbol of Hester's sin
What is Pearl
200
What is the town surrounded by, represents Satan's province
What is the forest
200
What was one of the first things that Hester told Dimmesdale in the forest?
That Chillingworth is her husband
200
What does Pearl think the sun fears?
What is the Scarlet 'A'
200
What does Pearl kiss when she does finally come to her mother?
What is her mother's cheeks and the letter A
300
Hester's secret lover, overtaken by his sin
What is Dimmesdale
300
When (time period) did the Scarlet Letter take place?
What is the middle of the seventeenth century
300
Who gave Dimmesdale the idea to sail away, leave the town and start a new life elsewhere?
What is Hester
300
What was Pearl doing when Hester called her over to meet her father?
What is playing with the forest creatures
300
Why does Pearl refuse a kiss from Dimmesdale
Because he will not walk into town with them hand in hand
400
Hester's husband, man overtaken by his revenge
What is Chillingworth
400
What is the structured belief system of those around her
What is Puritans
400
How long has Chilingworth known about Dimmesdale and Hester's secret?
What is seven years
400
What energizes Hester and Dimmesdale and gives Dimmesdale hope for salvation?
What is moving to Europe with Hester and Pearl
400
What does Pearl try to wash off in the creek?
What is the kiss on her forehead?
500
Who spends a lot of time counseling with the town fathers and is very wealthy
Who is Governer Bellingham
500
Represents public shame and punishment
What is the scaffold?
500
What is Hester afraid that Chillingworth will do because of his bitter revenge
What is revealing that Dimmesdale is her partner in crime
500
How does Pearl approach Dimmesdale and Hester when she is called away?
What is wearily and curious
500
Why wouldn't Hester come to her mother in the forest?
What is Hester removed the letter A from her chest
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