Chapter 1-5
This common plant, often times representing romance, was found in this facility.
A Rose and Prison (Hawthorne 46)
What is the connection to divinity that Hester makes of Pearl? Hint: Garden of _____
"...the infant was worthy to have been brought forth in Eden; worthy to have been left there, to be the plaything of the angels, after the world's first parents were driven out." (p. 86)
What question does Pearl ask that Hester is reluctant in answering?
What does Dimmesdale say of atheists?
"...devoid of conscience -- a wretch with coarse and brutal instincts..." (Hawthorne 187).
In the Custom House introduction, the narrator finds this.
A faded capital A and a manuscript
Hester references two fathers, which are they?
A Heavenly and Earthly Father (Hawthorne 66)
What religious saying does Hester tell Pearl that Pearl chooses to exploit?
"Thy Heavenly Father sent thee!" (Hawthorne 95).
Why does Chillingsworth torture Dimmesdale?
His need for revenge.
Who and what had been given to Pearl upon the "who's" death?
"A very considerable amount of property, both here and in England" was given to Pearl by Chillingsworth (Hawthorne 255).
During what time period does this story take place?
17th century
Who does Hester declare her suicidal intentions to?
Roger Chillingsworth
He wishes to separate them (Hawthorne 106).
What is the reason for Dimmesdale's decline in health?
Severe guilt
Before his death, how and what does Dimmesdale confess?
In front of "the dignified and venerable rulers; to the holy ministers, who were his brethren; to the people...," Dimmesdale confesses his sin. (Hawthorne 249).
The child of Hester Prynne
Who is Pearl?
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
The bitter-tempered widow of the magistrate, who was to die upon the gallows (Hawthorne 47).
What is Governor Bellingham expecting Pearl to tell him?
Who her father is (Hawthorne 107).
The A had changed the meaning from "Adulterer" to this.
Able (Hawthorne 158)
In Chapter 20, on his way back home after the meeting with Hester in the forest, Dimmesdale behaves...
Impulsively and strangely
A woman who sews, especially one who earns her living by sewing.
What is a Seamstress?
Who is the Stranger? Who was he with?
Roger Chillingsworth and a Native American companion (Hawthorne 58).
Why was Mistress Hibbins executed?
Because she was a witch (Hawthorne 113).
How is Dimmesdale's sin different from Chillingsworth's sin?
Dimmesdale committed a sin of passion, but Chillingsworth committed a cold-blooded sin of intellect against nature.
Chillingsworth mutters that Dimmesdale could have escaped him only...
...on the scaffold (Hawthorne 249).
Hawthorne uses the following rationalizations for losing his job at the Custom House except: a. he needs time off. b. was refused a pay increase c. political reasons d. it is heroic to be fired.
b. He was refused a pay increase.