Vocabulary
A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys, understanding little of the matter in hand, except that it gave them a half-holiday, ran before her progress, turning their heads continually to stare into her face and at the winking baby in her arms, and at the ignominious letter on her breast. Ignominious is?
what is bringing shame or disgrace
The sister of the current Governor; invites Hester to join her in the forest.
Who is Mistress Hibbins
Let me ask,--as your friend,-- as one having charge, under Providence, of your life and physical well-being, hath all the operation of this disorder been fairly laid open and recounted to me?
Who is Roger Chillingworth
Foreshadowing her skill and independence, Hester does this with her Scarlet Letter.
What is embroidered
Watch out for the Black Man here.
What is the forest?
He was small in stature, with a furrowed visage, which as yet could hardly be termed aged.
Visage is.
what is face, facial expression
Based on a real person, this Reverend is part of the leadership responsible for Hester's punishment.
Who is Reverend John Wilson
Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?
Who is Hester Prynne?
Roger Chillingworth has this on the outside, signifying the moral corruption on the inside.
What is a disfigurement
Ironically, he says he's not great with children.
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale
The young pastor's voice was tremulously sweet, rich, deep, and broken. Tremulous is.
what is shaky, quivering
Hester visits his beautiful home, describing it as sparkling like a jewel, as well as filled with expensive books and historical artifacts.
Who is Governor Bellingham
"I charge thee to speak-out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer!"
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
To some, it means "Angel," but not to Dimmesdale.
What is the meteor?
A kind of parasite; it needs to such the life of another to survive.
What is a leech?
Day by day, nevertheless, their sour and rigid wrinkles were relaxing into something which, in the due course of years, might grow to be an expression of almost benevolence. Benevolence is
what is kindness and goodwill
The first elected Governor of the society. An unusual meteor shoots across the sky the same night this character dies-- many of them interpreting the A for Angel.
Who is Governor Winthrop
Come thou and take it up!
Who is Pearl?
A gift from nature-- "to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he went out to his doom."
What is the rose bush outside the jail
Hester and Dimmesdale plan to sail to this location.
Where is Bristol, England.
She took her mother's hand in both her own, and gazed into her eyes with an earnestness that was seldom seen in her wild and capricious character.
Capricious is
what is unpredictable; given to swings in emotion
This real historical figure is discussed in the first chapter. She also challenged the Puritan social order and was banished from her community.
Who is Anne Hutchinson
"Canst thou tell me who made thee?"
Who is Reverend Wilson
A parallel symbol to the Scarlet Letter, "It was meant for a blessing ... a retribution ... an ever-recurring agony, in the midst of troubled-joy!"
Who is Pearl
A recurring setting where truths are revealed.
What is the scaffold.