Friday

Today we are going to review The Scarlet Letter and look at chapter 22.

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Scarlet Letter

 

1)    List and explain the meaning of three symbols in the novel.  Discuss how these symbols reinforce a larger theme (note – details details details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)    Outline the plot of the Scarlet Letter.  Give at least three events in the rising action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)    Discuss how the three scaffold scenes are used as a structure device in the novel.  Why is this structure important?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)    Discuss the importance of the following characters (tell me everything you know about them)

 

Pearl:

 

 

 

 

Hester:

 

 

 

 

Dimmesdale:

 

 

 

 

Chillingsworth:

 

 

 

Mistress Hibbins:

 

 

 

 

 

Governor Bellingham:

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Wilson

 

 

 

 

The crowd of women at the beginning:

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)    What is Hawthorne’s tone towards the Puritan society?  How can you prove this?

 

 

 

 

 

      6-8) Discuss the following themes and give – in detail – three scenes that

               reinforce these themes:

 

 

 

A)   Public Guilt vs Private Guilt

 

 

B)   The Nature of Evil

 

 

 

 

C)    Exile

 

 

9) What do you think is the most important message in The Scarlet Letter?  Make sure you are exact in your discussion

 

 

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