Name:____________________

The Scarlet Letter Character Profiles

Hester Prynne:
Nickname:

/ The Physical

QUOTE: Ch. 1-- --was that SCARLET LETTER, so fantastically

embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom
- _____________ imagery is associated with the SCARLET LETTER
-Hester is a light unto the nations where she is to be
an example for everyone else so that no one follows in her
footsteps.
-Yet, she is also a positive role model for living without shame
and learning to use the sin in order to become better
-Her hobby is: ____________________________
-She is literally _________________________ (put on the edge of
society) and ends up living in a forest (kind of like the witch in Snow White).

Things Hester Knows That Others Dont

1. The father: ________________________________________
2. The husband: ______________________________________

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Name:____________________
Roger Chillingworth
Nickname: The _______________ (Chapter IX /9)
QUOTES: Ch. IV/4 The paragraph that starts, Hester, said he, I
ask not wherefore, nor how, thou has fallen
Ch. IV Are thou like the Black Man* that haunts the forest round
about us? *Black Man = a word used for the Devil.
-Husband of _______________
-Very, very _______________
-Self-proclaimed doctor picked up some of his medical knowledge from his Indian captivity (Ch. 9).
-CRAZY!
-The puppet master? See Chapter XI/11

Things Chillingworth Knows that Others Dont:

-Im the husband, yo!
Things Chillingworth WANTS TO Know:
-Who is Pearls father?
-Whats Dimmsdales deal?

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Name:____________________
Arthur Dimmsdale

Nickname:

/ The Spiritual

QUOTE: Ch. III/3 If thou feelest it to be for thy souls peace, and that
they earthly punishment will thereby be made more effectual to
salvation, I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and
fellow sufferer!
-His job is the ________________________ of the community
-He likes to give sermons about:
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-Cares about ______________ and __________________
-Heart problem?
-Does Dimmsdale practice what he preaches?
Things Dimmsdale Knows that Others Dont:
-Im Pearls father!
Things Dimmsdale Wants to Know:
-Whats Chillingworths deal and why is he so creepy?

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Name:____________________
Pearl
Nickname:
QUOTE: CHAPTER VI (6)!!!
-She dresses fantastically just like the Scarlet Letter
-Described in terms of a lot of fantastical and ______________ things
-______________________________________________ to authority.
-Just like the Scarlet Letter, Pearl also ______________
-She is also __________________________________ in society and does not play with other children.
-Does not know much about _________________________

Things Pearl Knows that Others Dont:

-Who Hesters husband is

What does Chapter XII/12 tell us about what Pearl knows about who her father is?

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