Symbolism
What does the A in Scarlet Letter stand for originally?
Adultery
Who is referred to as the Black Man?
Chillingworth
What do Hester and Dimmesdale agree to do at the end of chapter 17?
They agree to leave/run away.
"Hester! Hester Prynne!" said he. "Is it thou? Art thou in life?"
Name one thing about Puritan Ideology
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Who connects most with nature in Ch 18?
Why does Dimmesdale claim to have suffered more than Hester?
Hester could show her mark openly, Dimmesdale could not (and variations on this answer)
"Pearl had not found the hour pass wearisomely, while her mother sat talking with the clergyman."
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Name one reference to Emerson in Chapter 18
Anything about Pearl passes honestly
What does Youth symbolize in Emerson/Scarlet Letter?
Innocence, nature, etc
Who is this referring to? "the portion of him which the devil claimed, and through which he sought to win the rest"
Dimmesdale
Why does Dimmesdale often shy away from children?
Because they show a distrust of him.
"And yet they lingered. How dready looked the forest-track that led backward to the settlement, where Hester Prynne must take up again the burden of her ignominy"
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What would Chillingworth be referred to as due to Hester's action of adultery?
Cuckolded
What is Providence?
The guiding nature/hand of God.
"All at once, as with a sudden smile of Heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees."
Hester
Name at least 3 animals Pearl encounters.
Partridge, Pigeon, Squirrel, Fox, Wolf
"Canst thou deem it, Hester, a consolation!"
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What is the "tongue of pentecost" that Dimmesdale speaks of?
tongue of fire, speaking a language (thought to be spiritual from God) that one does not know
What three teachers did Hester have when she carried the Scarlet Letter?
Shame, Despair, Solitude
Which 3 countries does Dimmesdale and Hester name to escape to?
"...tolerable doom..."
Act out throwing Hester's A away. Whichever team is most dramatic wins.
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