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    Scarlet Letter Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: The Prison Door The first chapter pretty much sets the scene for the rest of the book. It describes a door‚ the door to the prison in seventeenth century Boston. The door is studded with iron spikes and is surrounded with overgrown weeds and one rosebush. The narrator suggests that it’s a reminder of nature’s kindness to the prisoners. It says it will provide a “sweet moral blossom” in the face of distress. Chapter 2: The Market-Place The women

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    Chapter Five: Hester at Her Needle Summary Hester is released from prison and finds a cottage in the woods‚ near the outskirts of the city‚ to set up her new life. Hawthorne comments on the fact that she does not avail herself of the opportunity to escape to a new life without shame in some other city. He remarks that often people are irresistibly drawn to live near the place where a great has occurred. He further comments that even if that is not the reason‚ Hester may have been inclined to remain

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    Chapter 8-9 – The four men set to determine Pearl’s fate are Chillingworth‚ Bellingham‚ Wilson and Dimmesdale. When Pearl and her mother enter the room‚ the men call Pearl a demon child. During the meeting‚ Pearl seemed to be drawn to Dimmesdale‚ even placing his hand on her cheek. Dimmesdale happens to come to Hester’s defence‚ stating that god had sent the child as a blessing and a curse for Hester. As Hester leaves with Pearl entoe‚ she is invited to do witchcraft by the Governor’s sister. Hester

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    wears the letter "A" pinned to her dress as a constant reminder of the sin she has commit which wears away at her heart. The Black Man symbolizes the devil and the evil that is present on Earth. In this quote Pearl who was a product of Hester’s sin asks her mother to tell her a story about the Black Man. In this situation Hester is once more reminded of what awaits her for sinning as the consequence of her sin asks her to tell a story. The story’s three major symbols include Pearl‚ the scarlet letter

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    10 September 2015 The Scarlet Letterchapter 14-21 Plot 29 Pgs 196-200- Hester and Pearl are out in the town today. Hester sees Roger Chillingworth and tells Pearl to go play. Roger greets Hester with a very cordial attitude. Hester is taken back by this‚ but she goes along. Roger tells Hester that the Governor has talked about letting Hester take off the scarlet letter. Hester does not like this. She tells Roger that when her punishment time is up‚ her letter will just fall off. Plot

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    Chapter 21: Scarlet Letter (3) 1 Quote: “Children have always a sympathy in the agitations of those connected with them; always‚ especially‚ a sense of any trouble or impending revolution‚ of whatever kind‚ in domestic circumstances; and therefore Pearl‚ who was the gem on her mother’s unquiet bosom‚ betrayed‚ by the very dance of her spirits‚ the emotions which none could detect in the marble passiveness of Hester’s brow.”(Chapter 21) Summary: Pearl knows that something is going on that her mother

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    The Scarlet Letter Motif: Words and names for the Scarlet Letter Chapter 1: Chapter 2: 1. “‘But she—the naughty baggage—little will she care what they put upon the bodice of her gown!’” (49) CM: Like many Puritan women in Boston‚ this woman illustrates the hate they all have for Hester Prynne‚ by declaring that Hester is unmoved by her sin. 2. “‘Ah‚ but‚” interposed‚ more softly‚ a young wife‚ holding a child by the hand‚ "let her cover the mark as she will‚ the pang of it will be

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    Section I: Significance of Title: The Scarlet Letter. In the story‚ Hester Prime Committed Adultry‚ and her punishment was that she had to go through out her life for 7 years wearing a shinny scarlet red A. The book could be considered a Metaphor because the scarlet letter was Hester’s symbol of punishment. It was a way for the townspeople to judge Hester literally and figuratively as a woman‚ when it is clearly shown that the townspeople were no better (if not much worse) than Hester. You

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    THE SCARLET LETTER: A UNIT PLAN Second Edition Based on the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne Written by Mary B. Collins Teacher’s Pet Publications‚ Inc. 11504 Hammock Point Berlin‚ Maryland 21811 Copyright Teacher’s Pet Publications‚ Inc. 1997‚ 1999 This Lit Plan for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter has been brought to you by Teacher’s Pet Publications‚ Inc. Copyright Teacher’s Pet Publications 1999 11504 Hammock Point Berlin MD 21811 Only the student materials in this unit plan such as worksheets

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    One of the most complex and elaborate characters in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl‚ the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Pearl‚ throughout the story‚ develops into a dynamic individual‚ as well as an extremely important symbol. Pearl is shunned because of her mother’s sin. Pearl is a living representation of the scarlet letter - acting as a constant reminder of Hester’s sin. Hawthorne uses vivid descriptions to characterize Pearl. She is first described as the infant; "...whose

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