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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. What is the central theme of The Scarlet Letter ?. The result of sin on each of the characters. Who are the major characters?. Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale Roger Chillingworth Pearl. What is the most obvious symbol in the story?.

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The Scarlet Letter

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  1. The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

  2. What is the central theme of The Scarlet Letter? • The result of sin on each of the characters

  3. Who are the major characters? • Hester Prynne • Arthur Dimmesdale • Roger Chillingworth • Pearl

  4. What is the most obvious symbol in the story? • The Scarlet Letter

  5. What is Hester’s daughter’s name and what is its significance? • Pearl, an allusion to the Biblical reference of a pearl of great price for which Hester gave everything she had

  6. What major sins were committed by the characters? • Hypocrisy • Adultery • Pride • Revenge

  7. How does Hester support herself and her daughter? • sewing

  8. After Hester and Dimmesdale stood on the scaffold, what sign was seen in the sky? • A red “A”

  9. What was one interpretation of the red “A” in the sky? • Angel for the dying Governor Winthrop

  10. As time passed, what secondary meaning was given to the scarlet letter? • Able

  11. “The Scarlet Letter had not done its office.” What is the meaning of this statement? • The Scarlet Letter did not bring her to repentance.

  12. Of what is the “dark forest” a symbol? • The place of Satan or sin

  13. As Hester and Dimmesdale plan to reveal their sin, what two plans do they consider? • 1) They could go into the woods and live among the Indians. • 2) They could board a ship and go to Europe.

  14. What were the theories in regard to Dimmesdale’s scarlet letter? • 1)It was self-inflicted by Arthur Dimmesdale himself. • 2) With his knowledge of poinsonous drugs and magic, Roger Chillingworth had caused it to appear. • 3) It was the result of the guilt eating away at Dimmesdale from the inside to the outside.

  15. What is the meaning of Chillingworth’s statement, “Thou hast escaped me”? • Chillingworth did not get his revenge on Dimmesdale.

  16. After Dimmesdale’s death, what happened to Chillingworth and why? • He shriveled up and died because he no longer had his evil purpose for living.

  17. In the end, what happened to Pearl? • She inherited Chillingworth’s money, possibly moved to Europe, married, and sent loving gifts to her mother.

  18. In the end, what happened to Hester? • She left New England for many years, but returned in later life, without Pearl, to again wear the Scarlet Letter and finish her life at the scene of her sin.

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