Chapters 4-8 of The Scarlett Letter SG

What does has to become a general symbol of in town?

A women's frailty or sinful passion

Hester often thinks Pearl is not human but what?

Airy spirt—like a fairy

Pearl is said to be like "the play thing of_______."

Angles

Why does Chillingworth call Hester foolish?

Because why would he want to hurt an already miserable baby

How do the poor react to Hesters kindness?

By biting the hand that feeds them—they insult her

What does Hester dread now?

Children

Who does Hester always refrain from doing?

Covering the Scarlett letter with her hand

Hester tells Chillingworth she has thought of what often in prison?

Death

What has Hester made for the governor?

Embroidered gloves

What has pearl inherited from Hesters heart?

Enmity—hatred or ill will— and passion

Amid the cabbages and pumpkins in the garden, what is also growing?

Few rose bushes, and a number of apple-trees

The narrator tells us that "there was a_________ in her [Pearl]"

Fire

What is the one function that Hesters work is never used at?

For a brides white veil

What is the pastor john wilson known for in his private life?

Genial benevolence—warmth and goodwill

What does the letter sometimes do as she passes by a respected member of the community?

Gives a sympathetic throb

How does the house change when it does hit with sunlight?

Glitters and sparkles as if diamonds had been flung against it

What types of games do Puritan children play?

Going to church, scourging quakers, taking scalps in a shame—fighting Indians, or scaring one another with witchcraft

Who is Mistress Hibbins?

Gov Bellingham's sister who is later hung for being a witch

Who in particular has use of Hesters Needlework?

Gov. Officials, men assuming the reins of power, babies, the dead, military people

What is the significance of pearls name to her mother?

Having pearl came at a great price—her losing everything just like a real pearl would

As Chillingworth smiles after Pearls answer, what does Hester notice about him?

He has changed He seems more miss-happen, darker, uglier

How does Chillingsworth react when Hester appears to be burned by him touching the Scarlett letter?

He smiles and tells her to drink the potion—medicine— and live to carry her doom—punishment—in the eyes of everyone

How does pearl react to the medicine?

Her moans subside immediately she stopped her convulsions and she falls into a somber sleep

What Does has her often do while watching pearl play?

Her needlework falls from her lap and begins to cry out with agony asked god what is this creature she brought to life

Who is partially concealed by the curtains shadow?

Hester Prynne

What happens when Chillingsworth touches the Scarlet letter?

Hester feels it scorches her breast as if it were red hot

What does Chillingworth promise Brackett?

Hester will be more obedient and more open to following authority

Who is most urgently in need of medical care?

Hester's child, pearl

Who is Roger Chillingworth?

Hester's husband

What does Chillingworth claim has made him a better doctor than money with degrees?

His studies in alchemy—chemistry—and his sojourn with the Indians let him learn the properties of plants

It often seems that Pearl cannot feel what?

Human sorrow

The narrator tells us that Chillingworth is "the man whom she [Hester] had most deeply and irreparably _____________."

Injured

The narrator calls the Puritans "the most "_______ brood that ever lived."

Intolerant

What doe Hester imagine the letter allows her to do?

It gives her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts

In his cap, the governor looks like whom?

John the baptist

What adjectives does the narrator use to describe the governor's house?

Large, wooden, moss-grown, crumbling, melancholy

Chillingworth says that if he wanted vengeance he would do what?

Let her live so that she can feel the burning shame of her actions

Hester tells Chillingworth she never felt what towards him?

Love

Hester saw enjoyment of her work as what?

Making clothes for the poor for long hours a day

The narrator says the inside pearl are many what?

Many other children

The dignitaries refer to pearl as a child of "the lord of _________" and " a little ____ or scarlet plumage"

Misrule and bird

Whose hand does pearl take?

Mr. Dimmesdale

How does Hester earn money to support herself and Pearl?

Needlework

Who is called the scarlet letter endowed with life?

Pearl

Dimmesdale says that Hester keeping Pearl will help Hester in what way?

Pearl is a blessing in Hesters life sent by God. A reminder of her sin and helps her because if she brings the child to heaven, the child will also bring her parent

What does pearl create in her imagination?

Personages, old + young, pine trees were puritan elders, and the ugliest weeds in the garden were their children. She never creates friends

When fighting enemy children pearl is called "an infant ____________."

Pestillence

Brackett says that Hester has acted like "a ___________ one."

Possessed

What does pearl demand as she and her mother prepare the meet the committee?

Red rose from the rose bushes

Whom does Hester claim "knowest what is in my heart"?

Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

What is pearl un amenable to?

Rules

Why doesn't Hester just move to another community?

Salem holds her by an iron like chain it contains the place where she committed her biggest sin and the Man who she loves

What feature is distorted as hester looks at her reflection in the breast plate?

Scarlet letter

What is the first feature of her mother that pearl noticed?

Scarlet letter on Hesters Bosom

What does Hester say she can teach pearl based on her experience and her wearing the letter?

She can teach her to be wiser and better

What does Hester see in pearls eyes that alarms her?

She doesn't see her own reflection she sees another face smiling with malice it was as if pearl had been possessed

What happens when minister wilson attempts to draw pearl near to speak to her?

She escapes through an open window because she was unfamiliar to anyones touch but her mothers

According to Hester she will not meet Hibbens because of what?

She got fo keep Pearl so she has to go home and keep watch over her

What does Mistress Hibbens yell to Hester as she leaves?

She invites her to the forest to go to a party with the black man— the devil

Why doesn't Hester pray for her enemies?

She is afraid her words of forgiveness might twist themselves into a curse

In what manner does Hester enter?

She knew what she was there for she was decisive

Where does pearl say she has come from?

She says her mother plucked her off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison door

What method of discipline does Hester employ with Pearl?

She tried smiles and frowns but if didn't work so she decided to stand aside instead and let the child be swayed by her own impulses

What does pearl want her mother to give her once they set eyes on the governor's house

She wants all of the sunshine so that she can play with it

Why does Hester have no faith her daughter would be good?

She was conceived from an evil deed

After Hester returns to prison what are officials afraid of?

She will comitte violence on herself or that she might harm her baby

Wilson says it is every mans duty to do what for pearl?

Show a fathers kindness to the poor deserted child

Chillingworth says he can give Hester medicine but not what?

Sinless conscience

Does has Hester constantly look for and in pearl?

Some dark and wild peculiarity—some dark wild trait

What direction does Hesters home face?

Stood on the shore facing the west

What glows with white radiance in the governor's house?

Suit of mail-suit of armor made from steel in London

What do the dignitaries assume about Hester after seeing Pearl?

That she is unhappy

What rumor may actually contain truth according to the narrator?

That the scarlet letter is not only cloth, dyed with red dye. It was red-hot with infernal fire and would be seen glowing at night would also Burn Hesters bosom so deeply

What is the most pressing issue bringing Hester to the governors mansion?

The Puritan community is trying to take pearl away from her

Who would spy on Hester at her home?

The children from Salem

Along with scripture the puritans used what as a part of "a wholesome regimen for the growth and promotion of all childish virtues"?

The frown, the harsh rebuke, and the frequent application of the rod

Who is treated as a commodity of bargain and sale as an ox?

The governors bond servant whom was initially a free born Englishman

Whom does Hester told Perl has sent her to earth?

The heavenly father

What does Hester fear of the medicine to be given to Pearl?

Thought it might be Roger Chillingworth's way of getting revenge on her through her baby

To her sister, the purpose of sunshine seems to be what?

To reveal the scarlet letter on her breast

What is wrong with the soil around Hesters home?

Too sterile for cultivation and was too remote

Defending her right to Pearl, Hester declares, "She is my happiness!—she is my ________."

Torture

Has Hester gathers her nerves upon release, she attempts to "convert the scene into a kind of lurid ________."

Triumph

How does Hester dress pearl?

Very simple but she always looked perfect her clothes were made by the richest tissues always impressed by its beholder

The governor thinks of life as a state merely of trial and _______."

Warfare

Why has Hester not felt a moments safety?

When pearl grabbed the scarlet letter Hester was in true agony and all pearl could seem to do was look at her and smile

What does Chillingworth ask of Hester?

Who was the man that wronged them both? Who did Hester cheat with?

What does pearl throw at the letter as a sort of game?

Wild - flowers

Wilson says, "the little baggage hath ________in her."

Witch craft

What did Pearl often do when other Children gathered around her?

Would become incredibly enraged would throw stones at them while exclaiming incoherent that scared Hester because they sounded like a witches anthem in an unknown language

Pearl declares that she does not have what

a heavenly father

Who is Master Brackett?

jailer

What do the towns people say that Pearl is?

off - spring of a demon

How long has Chillingworth now been living in Salem?

2 to 3 years