The Scarlet Letter

Question 1

Religious law

Answer 1

When a religion is used as legal resource

Question 2

Moral Law

Answer 2

the belief of a right and a wrong

Question 3

Code of Ethics

Answer 3

A set of standards, rules, guidelines, and/or values that you live by

Question 4

Sin

Answer 4

A violation of a moral rule

Question 5

Society

Answer 5

A group of people grouped by mutual interests, relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture

Question 6

Total Depravity

Answer 6

People are predisposed toward evil

They are unable not to sin, or they must sin because their nature is corrupt

Question 7

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 7

• Preacher
• Scientist
• Community leader
• Smart
• During Great Awakening
• Sermons were extreme
• Viewed as “last puritan”

Question 8

Romanticism

Answer 8

Intellectual, philosophical, and literary movement

Question 9

5 Things Romanticism Emphasized

Answer 9

1) Subjunctive
2) Irrational
3) Imaginative
4) Natural World
5) Emotional

Question 10

Subjunctive

Answer 10

Ones own opinions, moods

Question 11

Irrational

Answer 11

Emotion takes precedence over reason

Question 12

Natural World

Answer 12

Importance of nature in spiritual growth

Question 13

Emotional

Answer 13

Trust your instinct

Question 14

4 main points of the Custom House

Answer 14

1) Autobiographical info
2) Highlights Heart (romantic ideal) & Head(Puritan ideal)
3) Gives definition of romance novel
4) Explains why novel is written

Question 15

Why is the novel written?

Answer 15

• Narrator finds manuscript
• Manuscripts details main events of scarlet letter
• Narrator also finds scarlet letter A
• Narrator looses his job & writes Scarlet Letter

Question 16

Point of view

Answer 16

Mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story

Question 17

Functions of P.O.V.

Answer 17

1) Affects shape of story & determines how material reaches him
2) Author must depict setting of action through perceptions of a character
3) It is a way of conveying meaning
4) Determiner of structure, and helps with character development

Question 18

Does Pearl consider herself and earthly child?

Answer 18

No, she has no heavenly father

Question 19

How does Dimmesdale punish himself?

Answer 19

Flogs himself, doesn’t confess

Question 20

Whats the sermon written by Jonathan Edwards?

Answer 20

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Question 21

Who are Hesters “helpers”?

Answer 21

Shame, despair, solitude

Question 22

How does the community view Dimmesdale?

Answer 22

Holy figure that can do no wrong

Question 23

What does the scaffolding represent?

Answer 23

Punisment –> free will