Words!
Common beliefs are orthodox, but if you hold unaccepted beliefs, some may say you are this.
What is HETERODOX.
This character is the PROTAGONIST of the story.
Who is Hester Prynne?
This is why he added a W to his last name.
What is to separate himself from his ancestors involved in the Salem Witch Trials.
Hester was forced to stand on this and endure public humiliation.
What is the scaffold?
If you're easily frightened, Halloween might be ominous and foreboding for you. Or, this word.
What is INAUSPICIOUS?
Our life here on Earth is fleeting, ephemeral, short-lived, or this "e" word.
What is EVANESCENT?
Based on our reading thus far, this character is the ANTAGONIST.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
This is where Nathaniel Hawthorne had been fired from when he started writing The Scarlet Letter.
What is the Common House?
Puritans believed they could ___________ the Church of England and improve it.
What is PURIFY?
"Jesus died for you" is an __________________ true statement.
What is INDUBITABLY?
This is another word for round, fat, plump, or circular.
What is ROTUND?
This is the name of Hester's kind Reverend.
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
Hawthorne did NOT appreciate these Pilgrim-like people, their viewpoints, or their plan to "purify" the Church of England.
What are PURITANS?
This was what the townspeople called Pearl.
What is a DEMON?
If you learn about your ancestry, you will learn all the names of your __________________.
What are PROGENITORS?
If you have compassion or sympathy for someone, you might say you have great _____________.
What is COMMISERATION?
This is the name of Hester's daughter and the reason she named her such name.
What is Pearl, because she was bought at a high price?
This is a literary element that Hawthorne utilizes often - the rosebush is one of them.
What is SYMBOLISM?
This was the only type of attire that the townspeople never hired Hester to sew.
What are wedding gowns?
What is ASCETIC?
If you refuse to do your homework and behave stubbornly, you may be called this word.
What is CONTUMACIOUS?
The townspeople decide they need to do this to help Hester and/or her baby.
What is remove Pearl from Hester?
This was the century that Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter.
What is the 19th century?
These were the colors of typical Puritan clothing.
What is black and grey.
These ___________ laws governed the budgets and moral rules in the colonies.
What is SUMPTUARY?