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Characters
Symbols
Plot
Literary Devices
Background
100
hanged a year after the main events of novel
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
100
sign of nature's/ God's approval
What is sunlight?
100
the length of time the novel takes place over
What is 7 years?
100
major concepts such as guilt, the nature of evil, and the power of an individual explored with in the novel
What are themes?
100
author of the novel
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
200
Hawthorne's mention in Chapter One and in Chapter Thirteen to Ann Hutchinson
What is an allusion?
200
Both the author and the narrator worked here
What is The Custom House
300
placing the rosebush right outside of the jail in order to emphasize the contrast between the two
What is juxtaposition?
300
the reason the author included The Custom House introduction
What is realism? The narrator suggests the novel should be considered historical fiction rather than mere fiction as he claims to have actually found the scarlet letter and documents pertaining to Hester's ordeal. Hawthorne may have done this to augment his belief that we share characteristics with those characters in the story and thus can learn from them.
400
the reoccurring contrast between civilization (the town) and the wilderness (the woods)
What is a motif? Note: In The Scarlet Letter, the town's view of the woods does not always align with that of the main characters'. In fact, they are symbolic of different concepts for each. Explain.
400
the group of people who settled in this community
What are Puritans?
500
the man who dies on the night of Dimmesdale's vigil
Who is Governor Winthrop?
500
the genre dealing with internal truths or truths of the heart and that often contains unrealistic or supernatural elements
What is romance?