Scarlet Letter Themes

Hester and Pearl living in shack SECLUDED from everyone is an example of which theme?

• Redemption
• Isolation/Loneliness
• Sadness
• Freewill

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is an example of Nature vs. Society?

• Governor Billingham
• The Scaffold
• The rose bush
• The Scarlet Letter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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Which answer is an example of redemption?

• Chillingworth leaving his wealth to Pearl
• Pearl
• Mistress Hibbins
• Dimmesdale

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The Black Man's is an example of which theme?

• Redemption
• The nature of evil
• Nature vs. society
• The love of a child

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which answer is an example of appearance vs. reality?

• The prison
• The scaffold
• Chillingworth duality/ secretly a husband hiding as Dr. Chillingworth
• Dimmesdale

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who is shamed by the townspeople for having a baby and committing adultery?

• Pearl
• Dimmesdale 
• Hester
• Chillingworth

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hester's confession of Chillingworth's true identity is which theme?

• Redemption
• Sin
• Names with double meanings
• Kindness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What year Nathaniel Hawthorne born?

• 1805
• 1806
• 1776
• 1804

What is one of the main themes discussed by me in class? Hint: When we compared what the Puritans thought was bad or terribly wrong to what we see as being that bad these days

• innocence
• manhood
• isolation
• The nature of evil

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do the color symbolize in the Scarlet Letter?

• Red- sin and free will, White- innocence and purity, Black- evil and death
• White- purity, Blue- freedom, Red- hate
• Red- sin, White- clean, Black- fear
• Black- hate, Red- love, White-baby

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