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Setting: The Silent Character

Setting: The Silent Character. Oyoma Asinor, Shannon Drop Jared Boyden, Andrew Himes & Tucker Burg. Main Characters. Hester Prynne Main character Pearl Prynne Daughter of Prynne & Dimmesdale Arthur Dimmesdale Father of Pearl Prynne and town Priest. Themes. Light and Dark

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Setting: The Silent Character

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  1. Setting: The Silent Character Oyoma Asinor, Shannon Drop Jared Boyden, Andrew Himes & Tucker Burg

  2. Main Characters • Hester Prynne • Main character • Pearl Prynne • Daughter of Prynne & Dimmesdale • Arthur Dimmesdale • Father of Pearl Prynne and town Priest

  3. Themes • Light and Dark • Use of the juxtaposition of light and dark in the provides differences between settings • Individual vs. Society • The town scenes compared to the scenes in the forest aid in the difference between the uptight nature of the town and the relaxed atmosphere that the forest provides • Nature • Nature (and the forest specifically) play an important role in the novel, acting almost as if it’s another character itself.

  4. Examining the Setting • Themes • Different settings emphasize certain themes • Tone • Specific settings highlight changes in tones

  5. We will be Proving... • Hawthorne uses the setting to compliment • Characters • Conflicts • Themes • Explicating examples in the novel

  6. Thesis Settings in The Scarlet Letter hold a powerful role in the novel by explicating the characters, conflicts, and themes such as Hester, her isolation, and her individuality versus the whole of Puritan society.

  7. Quote #1 “Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment,” (p. 63). • The scaffold • Central setting in novel • Three major events occur here • Ties to her punishment and shame/guilt

  8. Quote #2 “But here, in the sunny day, and among all the people, he knows us not; nor must we know him!” (p. 275) • Woods vs Town • Hester and Pearl interacting w/ Dimmesdale • Secrecy vs Public

  9. Quote #3 “On the outskirts of town, within the verge of the peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation, there was a small, thatched cottage,” (p. 94). • Hester’s cottage • Connects to her isolation from town

  10. Quote #4 “For the sake of the minister’s health [...] they took long walks on the seashore or in the forest,” (p.145). • Nature • Dimmesdale can be stress-free in the forest • Honest in the forest later on w/ Hester & Pearl

  11. Quote #5 “Come up hither, Hester, thou and little Pearl [...] Ye have both been here before, but I was not with you. Come up hither once again, and we will stand all three together!” (p. 181). • Dimmesdale’s secret longing to be truthful about Hester and Pearl • Desire for a family

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