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Scarlet Letter Chapter 13-15 Study guide

Describe why the chapters have these names:
Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
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Chapter 14 Hester and the Physician
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Chapter 15 Heater and Pearl
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Vocabulary
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Answer the questions with full sentences

1. How has the attitude of the townspeople changed during the seven years since her crime was
committed? Why has this change happened?
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2. How does Chillingworth respond to Hesters plea that he changes his course of action?
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3.What questions does pearl keep asking? Why does Hester reply the way she does?
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4.What inner changes in Chillingworths character are made evident to Hester from his outward
appearance? In what sense has he undertaken the devils office?
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5.Hawthornes use of color imagery often has symbolic importance. Three color references are worth
observing in these chapters. (a) in Chapter 14, find references to red. (b) at the end of chapter 14, what is
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the black flower? what contrast with another flower is suggested? (c) Pearl cunstructs and wears a
letter of her own. What is suggested by the color and material of her A?

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6.What is your opinion of Hester as a parent?

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