The Scarlet Letter and Anne Bradstreet

Part 1: Short Answer
Answer the questions below on The Scarlet Letter and "In Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences.
1.Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. Any mother would feel the same stress she did towards her children.
2.Read Bradstreet's biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then, in at least two sentences, explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference to Her Children." she was a victim of smallpox and she had to go through the process of immigration in the united states.

3.Figurative language is an important element in poetry. Taking tone and style into consideration provide a simile that could be inserted in Bradstreet's poem and briefly explain your comparison.
4.Using the poem, answer the following questions. a.How many children does Bradstreet have?8
b.How many are girls?5
c. How many are boys?3
d.What did the first child do when he grew up? flies to far regions
e.Where are the last three children?in the nest fully developing

5.What comfort is Bradstreet giving to her children by saying: "In chirping languages oft them tell You had a Dame that lov'd you well, That did what could be done for young And nurst you up till you were strong"

Part 2: Extended Response
Choose one of the two prompts below and respond in a well-developed paragraph of 5-7 complete sentences.
1.
Was Hester Prynne a heroine? Write a persuasive paragraph defending or condemning her actions.

2.
Imagine the guilt Reverend Dimmesdale must have felt. Did he do the right thing? Write a paragraph to defend or condemn his actions in keeping silent for so