The+Scarlet+Letter

=Log Questions= Chapter One:

What is the setting of the Scarlet Letter?

What does Hawthorne mean about the need for a cemetery and a prison?

Evaluate two things that a rosebush represents?

Chapter Two:

For what sin is Hester Prynne condemned?

What is Hester's Punishment?

How do the women outside the prison view Hester? What does this reveal about the women?

What is surprising about the A Hester has sewn for herself? What might this indicate?

Chapter Three:

Why was Hester not sentenced to death for her adultery?

Where has the stranger been?

Who is Dimmesdale? What appeal does he use to convice Hester to reveal the baby's father?

Chapter Four:

Why does Hester fear Chillingworth?

Explain Chilliingworth's attitude toward Hester.

What does Chillingworth intend to do and why?

Chapter Five:

Give two reasons why Hester decides to remain instead of moving to a less-restrictive colony.

What point is Hawthorne making about an individual's ability to separate oneself from one's wrongdoings?

How is Hester different in this chapter from the day first emerged from the platform?

Chapter Six:

What is the significance of Pearl's name?

Chapter Seven:

How is Pearl dressed, and what is her dress compared to?

Where else is the rosebush scene other than the at the Governor's garden?

Does it maintain the same significance here?

Chapter Eight:

Explain the Puritan attitude toward luxury and how Governor Bellingham and the Reverend John Wilson responded to it.

Why does Hester feel that Arthur Dimmesdale should speak on her behalf?