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Hawthorne
TCH and 1-24
Symbols/Motifs
Characters
Miscellaneous
100
W
What letter did Hawthorne add to his surname?
100
second story of the custom house in the old surveyor's desk.
Specifically, where does NH "find" the parchment and frayed scarlet letter?
100
red, black gold
What colors are most often symbolic throughout the text? Name 3.
100
Chillingworth
Who does not want to be know as the husband of a sinful, adulterous wife?
100
Surveyor Pue
Who is Hawthorne's progenitor at the custom house 80 years prior to NH serving in that job?
200
Puritanism sin and a guilty conscience internal truths
Although trying to distance himself from his stringent ancestors, what topic does NH most often examine in his literature?
200
Hester / Dimmesdale
Who is penitent? Who is mostly filled with penance?
200
prison door and weeds
What represents the black flower of civilized society and moral evil? (two things)
200
cautious and inquiring
What is Chillingworth's attitude towards his patient the minister?
200
a political biography
What did NH write for his life-long friend who became a US president?
300
1804-1864
What are the years that span NH's life?
300
once
How many times does Hester remove her letter throughout the course of the novel?
300
the scaffold
What symbolizes public humiliation and punishment for wrongdoing?
300
Mistress Hibbins
Who possesses occult powers and knows of Hester and Dimmesdale's sin?
300
by political appointment
How did people get their jobs working at the custom houses?
400
Sleepy Hallow Cemetery
What is the name of the cemetery where NH is buried?
400
the minister's health begins failing and the parishioners arrange their living together so Chill. can restore Dimm.'s health.
How does Chillingworth come to be Dimmesdale's doctor and roommate?
400
the meteor in the sky the death or passing of Governor Winthrop
What is interpreted by the townspeople to mean angel? Why?
400
capricious, elfish, bird-like, mischevious, angelic, devilish
What three adjectives describe Pearl?
400
Emerson Thoreau Sophia Peabody Alcott
Name three transcendentalists who lived at the commune with NH.
500
Anti-Transcendentalism
What is the pessimistic philosophy followed by NH?
500
She wants to purge her guilt publicly. Her lover, Pearl's father, is still there. She is drawn to the place of her sin.
Why does Hester remain in Boston after serving her sentence on the scaffold? Two reasons
500
the forest
What represents the devil's realm and uncivilized society?
500
Dimmesdale
Whose character is ironic as both a sinner and a pious man?
500
Hester and Dimmesdale share a tombstone the has a letter A engraded upon it.
What one thing serves the two lovers at the novel's conclusion and what does it look like?