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1
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the novel is a novel about

A

sin

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2
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another book by hathorne

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the house of the seven gables

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3
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names of two short story collections

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mosses from an old manse

twice told tales

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4
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short story

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Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment

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5
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how does chillingworth’s appearance look more devilish

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his visage is evil
more devilish look/ features in face
humped shoulders

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6
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setting

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boston, forest around it, 7 years

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7
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what is a sexton

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grave digger

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8
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beadle

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jailor

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9
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forest represents

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god’s word
freedom
witchcraft

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10
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appearance vs reality

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chillingworth
-physician who wants to take revenge on dimmesdale
dimmesdale
-pastor but committed adultery

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11
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not puritan like

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bellingham’s house

election day celebreations

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12
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flowers (4)

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weeds out of grave
pearl ornates herself with flowers
burrs and the scarlet letter
rose by prison door
pearl says she was plucked off of rose bush
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13
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realism elements in the play

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scaffold
people- bellingham
punishments

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14
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naturalism elements in the play

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sun, nature,forest, brook

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15
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impressionalism (colors)

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gray clothing
scarlet letter
pearl’s clothes
passion= red

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16
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dramatic irony

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dimmesdale is father, chillingworth is husband

17
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situational irony

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chillingworth shows up after two years of being gone and sees hester on the scaffold

18
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verbal irony

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“These good people”

my kind friedn, physician”

19
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transcendantalists

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

20
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anti transcendantalists

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Herman Melville