Plot
Why does Hester have a red A on her chest?
What does Hester feel when she's held up in the town square?
Shame.
What are some descriptors of Pearl?
Who is the father of Hester's child?
Arthur Chillingsworth.
Does Hester ever question her faith while she's living isolated from the settlement?
Yes, many times.
What are some descriptors of Hester?
Tired, depressed, burdened.
What does Hester do for work?
She's a seamstress who creates elaborate clothes.
What is Roger Chillingsworth's motive by becoming Dimmesdale's physician?
To discover more about the affair and insight revenge.
What are some descriptors of Chillingsworth?
Disheveled, vengeful, mysterious, intelligent.
Who is Chillingsworth? Why do people not recognize him?
Hester's husband, who was presumed dead.
He begins to feel shame, and feels increasingly like an imposter as a high ranking member of the church.
What are some descriptors of Dimmesdale?
Young, sickly, decaying, influential.
Why does Hester take Pearl to Governor Bellingham's estate?
To ensure that Hester won't be taken from her by the government and/or church.
What is the irony of Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth friendship?
Dimmesdale becoming best friends with the man plotting his demise provides a cruel sense of irony; someone he trusts is only a source of trust so it can be betrayed.
What are some descriptors of Bellingham?
Regal, powerful, elder, wealthy, experienced.