My needle-work is the best in town, I even wear it on my gown.
Who is Hester Prynne?
100
This represents not only sin and penitence, but the ability of a person to overcome difficult circumstances and persevere.
What is the scarlet letter?
100
This Freytag dramatic part is seen when Chillingworth discovers Dimmesdale's secret.
What is rising action?
100
The people of the town begin to see in him the Devil, or the Devil's assistant.
Who is Roger Chillingworth.
100
This character states that “we must not always talk in the marketplace of what happens to us in the forest.”
Who is Hester Prynne?
200
If you saw my shiny home, then you would know I'm like the Pope in Rome.
Who is Governor Bellingham?
200
This place represents freedom from the rules and conventions of society.
What is the forest?
200
The Freytag dramatic part seen as Hester is seen on the scaffold holding her baby daughter, Pearl.
What is the exposition?
200
What is the name of the object that is used in the story to teach children the letters of the alphabet?
What is a hornbook?
200
He says, “Drink it! It may be less soothing than a sinless conscience.”
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
300
I am the doctor, I'll fix you up, here is the medicine, have a cup!
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
300
This represents the the power of love and beauty to grow despite a harsh environment.
What is the rose bush by the jail?
300
The Freytag dramatic part that is seen as Hester and Pearl move to Europe.
What is falling action?
300
This character invites Hester to a party in the forest with the devil. Hester politely declines.
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
300
He states, “There are few uglier traits of human nature than this tendency—which I now witnessed in men no worse than their neighbours—to grow cruel, merely because they possessed the power of inflicting harm.”
Who is the narrator?
400
I write sermons all night long. If you think I sin, you are not wrong.
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
400
This represents a state of grace, forgiveness, and an ordered relationship with God.
What is sunlight?
400
The Freytag dramatic part that is seen as Hester is laid to rest in a grave next to the grave of Rev. Dimmesdale.
What is denouement?
400
Dimmesdale sees God's disapproval in this natural event, but we see his faltering grasp on reality.
What is the meteor (or meteor shower)?
400
This character claims “that old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart.”
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?
500
I open the door to the jail. You may get out if you post the bail!
Who is Master Brackett?
500
This represents a division between an old life and a new life. Once you cross it, things will change.
What is water (or a body of water)?
500
This Freytag dramatic part is seen as Chillingworth ascends the scaffold on Election Day to tell the town the truth about himself.
What is the climax?
500
This act leads Roger Chillingworth to suggest that Pearl is "altogether evil."
What is splashing water on the Governor?
500
He states that the moral of the story is this: "Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!”