QUOTE TEST on THE SCARLET LETTER Directions: Choose 5 of the quotes below and discuss (1) who said it (2) when it was said (what was the situation)‚ and (3) what is the significance meaning importance to the ENTIRE WORK. Here discuss if the quote relates to character‚ theme‚ symbolism‚ irony‚ foreshadowing imagery‚ etc. 1. “Never!. . . And would that I might enfure his agony‚ as well as mine!” 2. “Thou wasn’t not bold!- thou wast not true!. . . Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand
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Reading Questions for Chapters 15-20 1. In Chapter 15‚ Amir meets with the dying Rahim Khan. Where are they? Peshawar‚ Pakistan 2. What does Amir say about clichés? Why does Amir use the cliché about "an elephant in the room" to describe his meeting with Rahim Khan? They are usually dead on. The elephant is the truth about Rahim Khan’s condition – he is dying and doesn’t have much time left. 3. Afghanistan has been seized by what political group in Chapter 15? Taliban 4. In Chapter 16‚ Rahim
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The Scarlet Letter Response to Literature chapters 16-24 Several days later Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest and Pearl is now seven. Pearl continues to inquire persistently about Hester’s past‚ the scarlet letter and the minister. Hester sends Pearl off to play so that she can talk with the clergyman alone. Hester reveals Chillingsworth true inducements with the minister and Hester begs for forgiveness and is forgiven. The two also infer about leaving Boston and escaping on a boat to Europe
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CH1&2?’S 1. Why are the people gathered outside the jailhouse? 2. What does the rose represent? 3. Why is Hester on trial? 4. What is Hester’s punishment? 5. What does the scarlet letter represent? CH3&4?’S 1. What does Hester see at the edge of the crowd? 2. How does the stranger describe himself? 3. What does the stranger look like? 4. Who is asked to speak with Hester? 5. Who is left in the room with Hester and the baby? CH5&6?’S 1. Is Hester being forced to stay in the society?
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(156) Chillingworth lets Hester know that a certain magistrate has been wondering whether or not they should remove the scarlet letter from Hester’s dress. He claims that he has made an earnest request to the magistrate to do so quickly. Hester responds by saying that it is not the magistrate’s right to order it removed. Chillingworth says that she should then just wear the letter‚ for it suits her well. Why is Chillingworth reluctant to forgive Dimmesdale? (157) Chillingworth believes that
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The Scarlet Letter Name ___________ Study Guide Chapter 1 1. What is the setting for the novel? 1642‚ summer‚ Boston‚ prison 2. Describe Hester’s appearance? Wears letter A in fine red cloth with fancy designs in gold thread. Women are angry that letter and cloth are fancy (p. 7-8) Dark hair‚ black eyes‚ beautiful features‚ wild and free spirit. 3. Why are the people gathering around the door? To see Hester come out of the prison and receive her punishment.
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Chapter 1 1. Prisons are necessary in human society because people are sinful. 2. He says the rose symbolizes: love‚ beauty‚ life‚ passion‚ and hope. 3. They are literary allusions from passages from the bible. He uses prisons and graveyards as a symbol of the Gods justice. . 4. The story is told from the point of view of the author. The author is a character and not Hawthorne himself telling the story. It is written in thrid person. From the beginning the tone is bitter and thoughtful.
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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 24 Discussion Questions How sanitary were houses of the British lower orders? The houses of the British lower orders were completely unsanitary and unhealthy. In various sections of Manchester‚ as many as 200 people shared one outhouse. These outhouses were not cleaned out often and sewage overflowed and seeped into dwellings. Some courtyards became dung hills and sometimes excrement was gathered and sold as fertilizer. How did women’s status change during the 19th Century
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