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The Scarlett Letter

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"Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart"
Hester Prynne
"A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part"
Arthur DImmesdale
"He wore a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery in his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath"
Governor Bellingham
"the eldest clergyman of BOston, a great scholar, like most of his contemporaries in the profession, and withal a man of kind and genial spirit
Reverend Wilson
"By the Indian's side, and evidently sustaining a companionship with him, stood a white man, clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume"
Roger CHillingworth
Passion
Pearl
a witch
Mistress Hibbins
Puritan society control
the town-beadle
hope
the rosebush
Who wrote the Scarlett letter
Nathanial Hawthorne
Hawthorne completed the scarlett letter in what year
1850
The prison door best represents which of the following
Purtanical severity of law and the authority of the regime
THe rosebush outside the prison door is a symbol of all of the following except
puritanical punishment for moral crimes
How long each day did Hester have to stand on the scaffold
three hours
Hawthorne's portrayal of the Puritanical societyis one of
Contradictory images of hypocrispy
Hester has embroidered what symbol onto her dress
a scarlet letter A
What gesture does reverend Dimmesdale make throughout the book
He places his hand over his heart
Why is the first scaffold scene very ironic
Because DImmesdale is called upon to ask Hester who the father is
Chillingworth pretends to be of what profession
A doctor
After she is released from prison, Hester goes to live where
on the outskirts of Boston
How does Hester earn a living
by her needlework
What statement best describes Pearl's ROLE in the novel
the voice of Romanticism/Hawthorne
When John Wilson asks Pearl who her maker is, Pearl replies
that she was plucked off a rosebush
Mistress Hibbins, the sister of GOvernor Bellingham, is reputed to be
a witch
To whom does Hawthorne apply the term THE LEECH
Chillingworth
How does Chillingworth figure out who Pearl's father really is
Chillingworth becomes Dimmesdale's doctor and guesses the secret
What is Hester's response when she learns that the PUritan council might allow her to remove her scarlett letter
she indicates that only god can remove her letter
Hester tries to convince Dimmesdale to do what during their walks in the woods
to run away and live elsewhere
What does Pearl do when she first sees her mother without the scarlet letter
she convulses and screams
Who destroys Dimmesdale and Hester's plans to run away from BOston
Chillingworth
What does Pearl do right before DImmesdale dies
She kisses Dimmesdale
Eventually, years after it was put on her chest to stand for adultery the A on Hester's chest beguins to stand for
Able
Two symbolic images of the good and evil battling over Dimmesdale's soul are
Chillingworth and Pearl
By punishing Hester with the Scarlet Letter, the Puritan community is doing what, according to Nathanial Hawthorne
proclaiming its own smug and judgemental self-rigthousness
Chillingworth became the greatest sinner in violating the human heart because
he single-mindedly was bent in personal revenge against Dimmesdale
What happens to Pearl at the end of the story
She is left a lot of money by CHillingworth, and leaves town, never to heard from again
What is the setting of the Scarlet Letter
Boston, Massachusetts in 1650
What literary device does Hawthorne use in the underlined portion of the passage? the following line is about Hester, towards the end of the story HER FACE SO LONG FAMILIAR TO THE TOWNSPEOPLE SHOWED THE MARBLE QUIETUDE WHICH THEY WERE ACCUSTOMED TO BEHOLD THERE. IT WAS LIKE A MASK; OR RATHER, LIKE THE FROZEN CALMNESS OF A DEAD WOMAN'S FEATURES
simile
What kind of story, or genre, is The Scarlet Letter classified as
psychological romance
Hawthorne adds to the fascination of the scarlet letter by telling of
an A in the sky
the different ways in which it affected people
In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set
the seventeenth century
What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept
a rosebush
With whom has CHillingworth been living before he appears in Boston
native americans
Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins
scourging or whipping
fasting
vigils
Next to whom is Hester buried at the end of the novel
DImmesdale
How does Pearl acknowledge Dimmesdale as her father at his death
By kissing him
What mark can supposedly be seen on Dimmesdale's chest
The mark of the devil
How does Pearl become wealthy
She inherits CHillingworths estate and marries a nobleman
Which item is Hester NOT allowed to make for people
Bridal veils
At the end of the novel, the following individuals are up on the scaffold together
Hester, Pearl, and DImmesdale
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