Who Said It?
" Thou wast not bold! Thou wast not true! Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand...tomorrow noontide!"
Who is Pearl?
The entire narrative is framed by this narrator’s discovery in a government building.
What is the Custom House?
This character is the protagonist of the novel
Who is Hester Prynne?
This is a recurring symbol that feeds into the main theme
What is a motif?
adj.; light or airy; tenuous; extremely delicate or refined
What is ethereal?
“Thou hast escaped me! Thou hast escaped me!”
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
What type of conflict exists between Dimmesdale and the guilt of his sin?
What is man vs self?
We aren't given much information about the women of the town. We don't know their inner thoughts or their life stories. That makes them this type of character.
What is a flat character?
This dark, secretive area provides refuge from Puritan law and represents a "moral wilderness" where characters can reveal their true selves
The forest
adj.; out of the natural or ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional
What is preternatural?
“Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall away of its own nature, or be
transformed into something that should speak a different purport.”
Who is Hester?
What scene was on the curtains that hung in Dimmesdale's room?
What is David and Bathsheba?
The character who with others in the town, felt that Pearl should be given to another family to be taken care until convinced otherwise.
Governor Bellingham
The prison and graveyard in the opening chapters symbolize what about Puritan society?
The inevitability of sin and death (and therefore the futility of a utopian society)
noun; strong distaste or aversion; objection; antipathy
What is repugnance?
“Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you! He hath got hold of
the minister already.”
Who is Pearl?
This everyday plant, found on a grave, inspires Chillingworth’s meditation on “unpardonable sin.”
What is the black flower?
Mistress Hibbons doesn't change throughout the novel. This makes here this type of character
What is a flat character?
The Reverend's hand over his heart throughout the novel is a motif that BEST supports what theme?
adj.; disagreeable; not compatible; not pleasing; not well-suited
What is uncongenial?
“What little bird of scarlet plumage may this be?”
Who is Rev. Wilson?
This object in the governor’s hall distorts Hester’s reflection, exaggerating her scarlet letter and symbolically the Puritan view of her identity.
What is a suit of armor?
The member of the village who frequently invites other characters into the woods to practice witchcraft.
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
What is in medias res?
noun; total loss of dignity; disgrace; shame
What is ignominy?