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The scarlet letter quotes chapters 1-5 with page numbers
"All just graceful attributes are generally the most fleeting."
~Hawthorne, Nathaniel, The Scarlet Letter, pp. 13-14
"It does much to a man's moral and intellectual health to be brought into the habits of association with men different from himself, who care little for his aspirations, and whose sphere and faculties he must appreciate outside himself. "
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, pp. 14-15
"It is a good lesson - though it may often be a difficult one - for a man ... to step out of the narrow circle where his claims are recognized and to realize how utterly meaningless all is beyond that circle he achieves and all that." he does what he longs for.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Seite 16
“But all the time I was unnecessarily scaring myself. Providence has given me better things than I could have imagined.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Seite 25
"But it is a strange experience for a proud and sensitive man to know that his interests are controlled by people who neither love nor understand him."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Seite 26
"It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell that removed it from common relations with humanity and confined it alone in a sphere."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 2, page 34
"In our nature, however, there is an inclination as wonderful as it is merciful, that the sufferer should never experience the intensity of what he is suffering from his present torture, but mainly from the pain that afflicts him."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 2, pp. 34, 35
"She could no longer borrow money from the future to ease her present pain."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 50
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~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 50
"But there is a destiny, a feeling so irresistible and inescapable that it has the power of doom that almost always compels people to linger like ghosts, haunting the place where a great and remarkable event is taking place colored her life; and even more irresistible the darker the shade that saddens him.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 51
"Women take pleasure in the fine work of the needle that is incomprehensible to the opposite sex."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 53
"In all her dealings with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel like she belonged... She kept aloof from mortal interests and yet was close to them, like a ghost who revisits the family hearth and no longer shows itself can or felt".
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 5, pp. 53-54
"...if the truth were shown everywhere, a scarlet letter would shine in the breasts of many..."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 55
"...this loss of faith is always one of the saddest consequences of sin."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 5, page 56
Scarlet Quotation Marks with Page Numbers Chapters 6-10
"Or — but less often — she would be wracked with raging grief, weeping her love for her mother in broken words and seeming determined to prove she had a heart by breaking it."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 6, page 59
"No, my little pearl! Thou shalt gather thy own sun. I have nothing to give you
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 7, page 66
"If an uneducated crowd tries to see with their eyes, there is a good chance they will be deceived."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 9, pp. 81, 82
"He didn't trust anyone as a friend and couldn't recognize his enemy when he actually showed up."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 10, page 84
Scarlet quotation marks and page numbers Chapters 11-15
"To the wrong man, the whole universe is wrong - it is intangible - it reduces to nothing in reach. And he himself is, inasmuch as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or actually ceases to exist.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 11, page 94
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~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 12, page 101
"We scholars with our heads in our books need direct care! We dream in our waking moments and walk in our sleep.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 12, page 101
“It is to the credit of human nature that, except when egoism comes into play, it loves more readily than hates. Hate will even turn into love through a gradual and silent process if the change is not impeded by a constant re-stimulation of the original feeling of hostility.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 13, page 103
“If she is all tenderness, she will die. If she survives, the tenderness will be ripped from her or—and the outward appearance is the same—crushed so deep in her heart that it can never show itself again. The latter is perhaps the more accurate theory.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 13, page 106
“A quality has left her, the consistency of which was essential to keep her as a woman. This is often the destiny and difficult development of the female character and person when a woman experiences and lives through an experience of particular difficulty. If she is all tenderness, she will die. If she survives, the tenderness will be ripped from her or - and the outward appearance is the same - crushed so deep in her heart that it can never show itself again.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 13, page 106
"It is remarkable that the boldest speculators often abide by the external rules of society with the most perfect composure. Thoughts alone are enough without investing in the flesh and blood of action.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 13, page 106
"... Chillingworth was a striking demonstration of man's ability to transform himself into a devil, if only he would assume the office of a devil for a reasonable period of time."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 14, page 110
"It was one of those moments - which sometimes come in the intervening years - when a man's morality is revealed faithfully in his mind's eye. It's not unlikely that he never saw himself the way he does now.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 14, page 111
"Whether it's a sin or not, I hate people!"
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 15, page 114
"Make men tremble to win a woman's hand, unless they win with her the greatest passion of their hearts!"
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 15, page 115
"Make men tremble to win a woman's hand, unless they win with her the greatest passion of their hearts!" Otherwise it might be her miserable fate when a touch stronger than hers has stirred all her sensibilities, even being scolded for the quiet content, the marble image of happiness they have imposed on her as a warm reality.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 15, page 115
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~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 15, page 117
"There are many things in this world that a child should not ask."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 15, page 117
The scarlet letter quotes chapters 16-20 with page numbers
"She wanted, what some people want all their lives, to have pain that would touch them deeply and humanize them and make them compassionate."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 16, page 120
"There was an indifference in his gait, as if he saw no reason to take a step forward, nor felt any desire to do so, but he would have been happy, he could have rejoiced at anything, throwing himself at the root of the tree closest and remain passive there forever. Leaves may cover it, and the earth gradually piles up, forming a small mound over its frame, whether there is life in it or not. Death was too definite an object to seek or avoid.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 16, page 123
"No wonder they questioned each other's real, physical existence and even doubted their own. They met in the dark forest so strangely that it was like the first meeting in the world beyond the grave of the two spirits who were closely related in their previous lives but now shuddered coldly from mutual fear, even more unfamiliar with their condition accustomed to the company of disembodied beings. Each a ghost and amazed at the other ghost! They were impressed with themselves too; for the crisis brought back their awareness and revealed to each heart its story and experience as life never does except in such hectic times. The soul looked at its features in the mirror of the passing moment. Frightened and trembling, and as if with slow, reluctant desire, Arthur Dimmesdale reached out his deathly cold hand and touched Hester Prynne's cold hand. The grip, cold as it was, took away the saddest part of the interview. They finally felt like inhabitants of the same sphere.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 17, page 124
"I laughed with bitterness and heartbreak at the contrast between who I look and who I am!"
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 17, page 125
„Tu alles, außer dich hinzulegen und zu sterben!“
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 17, page 130
"She had wandered in a moral desert without dominion or guidance... Her intellect and heart were at home, so to speak, in desert lands, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his forests... The scarlet letter was her passport into regions to which other women did not dare to go. Shame, despair, loneliness! These were her teachers - strict and fierce - and they strengthened her, but they taught her many wrong things.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 18, page 131
“The inclination of her fate and fortune was to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport to regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, despair, loneliness! These were her teachers, severe and fierce, and they strengthened her, but they taught her many wrong things.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 18, page 131
"But that was a sin of passion, not of principle, not even intentional."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 18, page 131
"She knew no weight until she felt freedom."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 18, page 133
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~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 18, page 133
"No man can wear one face for himself and another for the crowd for any length of time without eventually becoming confused as to which might be the real one."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 20, page 142
The scarlet letter quotes chapters 21-24 with page numbers
"What a strange and sad man he is!" said the child, as if partially speaking to himself. "In the dark night he calls us to him and takes your hand and mine as if we were there with him on the scaffold! And in the deep forest, where only the old trees can hear and the edge of the sky sees him, he speaks to you, sitting on a mossy hill! And he also kisses my forehead, which the stream would hardly wash away! But here on this sunny day he doesn't know us of all people; we shouldn't even know him! He's a strange and sad man, with his hand always over his heart!
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 21, page 151
"We have to learn the forgotten art of joy again."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 21, page 153
"Shut up, dear little pearl!" whispered his mother. "We shouldn't always talk about what happens to us in the forest at the market."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 22, page 158
"Shouldn't we spend our immortal lives together? Surely, surely we saved each other in all this shame!”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 23, page 169
"Whether hate and love aren't basically the same thing is a curious thing to observe and investigate."
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 24, page 172
"It is a curious thing to observe and study whether hate and love are not fundamentally the same thing. Everyone, at their maximum development, assumes a high level of intimacy and knowledge of the heart; each makes one individual dependent on another for the nourishment of his inclinations and spiritual life: each leaves the ardent lover, or the no less ardent hater, helpless and abandoned by his subject's withdrawal. Philosophically, then, the two passions look essentially the same, except that one is seen with a heavenly glow and the other with a dark, somber glow.”
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 24, page 172
"It is a curious thing to observe and study whether hate and love are not fundamentally the same thing. Everyone, at their maximum development, assumes a high level of intimacy and knowledge of the heart; each makes one individual dependent on another for the sustenance of his inclinations and spiritual life; each leaves the ardent lover or the no less ardent hater helpless and bereft of the deprivation of his object.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter 24, page 172
Summary of the Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a novel set in Puritan New England in the mid-17th century. It follows protagonist Hester Prynne, who is publicly shamed for having an illegitimate child. As a mark of shame, she is forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" while her child's father, the local vicar, hides in silence. Throughout the story, Hester is forced to face her own sin and the hypocrisy of the Puritan society in which she lives. She is finally reunited with her lover and can start a new life with her daughter. The novel is a poignant portrayal of the consequences of sin and how society can be both oppressive and liberating. It's a classic tale of redemption and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
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“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.” “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.” “She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.”
What is a quote from Chapter 10 of the scarlet letter? ›Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter: Quotes
"He now dug into the poor clergyman's heart, like a miner searching for gold; or, rather, like a sexton delving into a grave, possibly in quest of a jewel that had been buried on the dead man's bosom, but likely to find nothing save mortality and corruption."
Thou knowest,—for thou hast sympathies which these men lack! —thou knowest what is in my heart, and what are a mother's rights, and how much the stronger they are, when that mother has but her child and the scarlet letter! Look thou to it! I will not lose the child!
What is an important quote from Chapter 16 of the scarlet letter? ›“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. . . . It will not flee from me, for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!” This quote, taken from Chapter 16, “A Forest Walk,” is illustrative of the role Pearl plays in the text.
What is an important quote Scarlet Letter Chapter 4? ›Chapter 4: "Thy acts are like mercy.... but thy words interpret thee as horror!" Hester says this quote to Chillingworth. He cares for baby Pearl's illness but at the same time he talks about taking his anger out on Pearl's father. He is a man of medicine but he talks about death.
What is a quote by Hester Prynne? ›Let God punish! Thou shalt forgive!” “It was none the less a fact, however, that, in the eyes of the very men who spoke thus, the scarlet letter had the effect of the cross on a nun's bosom.”
What is chapter 12 of the scarlet letter about? ›Chapter 12 of The Scarlet Letter shows a metaphorical Judgment Day for Reverend Dimmesdale. The chapter is titled "The Minister's Vigil" because it focuses on Dimmesdale standing on the pillory as if he is confessing his sin and facing judgment before the town.
What is chapter 7 about in the scarlet letter? ›Summary: Chapter 7: The Governor's Hall
Hester pays a visit to Governor Bellingham's mansion. She has two intentions: to deliver a pair of ornate gloves she has made for the governor, and to find out if there is any truth to the rumors that Pearl, now three, may be taken from her.
Dimmesdale leaves the forest first, almost believing what has transpired has been a dream. When he looks back, he sees Hester weighed down with sadness and Pearl dancing because he is gone. Turning over their plan in his mind, he believes that going to Europe is the better choice.
What is an important quote from scarlet letter chapter 18? ›"Oh, Hester, thou art my better angel! I seem to have flung myself- sick, sin-stained and sorrow blackened- down upon these forest leaves, and to have risen up all made anew, and with new powers to glorify Him that hath been merciful! This is already the better life!"
What is chapter 11 of The Scarlet Letter about? ›
Feeling that he is in full possession of Dimmesdale's secret, Chillingworth begins his unrelenting torture of the minister, subtly tormenting him with comments designed to trigger fear and agony.
What is chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter about? ›In this and the next few chapters, Chillingworth investigates the identity of Pearl's father for the sole purpose of taking revenge. Adopting the attitude of a judge seeking truth and justice, he quickly becomes fiercely obsessed by his search into Dimmesdale's heart.
What is chapter 22 of the scarlet letter about? ›As Pearl questions Mistress Hibbins about what the minister hides, the witch tells Hester that she knows the minister also has a hidden sin comparable to Hester's scarlet token. When pressed about how she knows this, Mistress Hibbins explains that intuitively recognizing a fellow sinner is not difficult.
What is chapter 18 of the scarlet letter about? ›The minister takes courage from Hester's strength and resolves to leave the Puritan colony, but not alone. He reasons that if he is doomed irrevocably, why not be allowed the solace of a "condemned culprit before his execution?" Hester agrees with him and casts off the scarlet letter.
What is chapter 19 about in The Scarlet Letter? ›Summary: Chapter 19: The Child at the Brook-Side
Hester calls to Pearl to join her and Dimmesdale. From the other side of the brook, Pearl eyes her parents with suspicion. She refuses to come to her mother, pointing at the empty place on Hester's chest where the scarlet letter used to be.
What is Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Letter about? Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Letter is about Dimmesdale and Chillingworth moving in together. Chillingworth claims this is to better care for the Reverend, but in reality he wants to find out what Dimmesdale is hiding.
What is chapter 14 of the scarlet letter? ›While walking on the peninsula with Pearl, Hester sees Chillingworth and sends Pearl down to play by the seashore while she speaks with her husband. She is surprised at the changes in Chillingworth just as she was shocked by Dimmesdale's spiritual ailment and aging.
What is chapter 6 in the scarlet letter? ›Chapter 6 in "The Scarlet Letter" is titled "Pearl" because readers are provided an in-depth look at Hester Prynne's child, named Pearl, who was born out of wedlock.
What was Dimmesdale's death quote? ›By bringing me hither, to die this death of triumphant ignominy before the people! Had either of these agonies been wanting, I had been lost for ever! Praised be his name! His will be done!”
What is an important quote from Chapter 3 of the scarlet letter? ›The Scarlet Letter Chapter 3 Quotes
"When he found the eyes of Hester Prynne fastened on his own, and saw that she appeared to recognize him, he slowly and calmly raised his finger, made a gesture with it in the air, and laid it on his lips."
What is a good quote from Chapter 3 of the scarlet letter? ›
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“And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!" (Hawthorne 64). Description: Hester, no matter who asks her, will not confess who the father of her child is. She will not even tell her own daughter, but rather her child will learn to know her only father as God.
Analysis: Chapter 23 The Scarlet Letter. Chapter 23 is where Dimmesdale finally confesses his sin to the whole town upon the scaffold after delivering his Election Day sermon. He chooses to confess his sin rather than take it to the grave with him.
What is chapter 16 of the scarlet letter? ›Summary: Chapter 16: A Forest Walk
Intent upon telling Dimmesdale the truth about Chillingworth's identity, Hester waits for the minister in the forest, because she has heard that he will be passing through on the way back from visiting a Native American settlement.
Pearl kisses him and weeps. Dimmesdale, obviously dying now, tells Hester farewell. She asks whether they will spend eternity together.
What is chapter 8 of The Scarlet Letter about? ›In Chapter 8, Hester and Pearl go to the home of Governor Bellingham to investigate an apparent plan to remove Pearl from Hester's home. She meets with Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, Bellingham, and Wilson. Reverend Wilson asks Hester why she should be allowed to keep Pearl.
What is chapter 5 about in The Scarlet Letter? ›Summary: Chapter 5: Hester at Her Needle
Although she is free to leave Boston, she chooses not to do so. She settles in an abandoned cabin on a patch of infertile land at the edge of town. Hester remains alienated from everyone, including the town fathers, respected women, beggars, children, and even strangers.
Inquiring, the man learns of Hester's history, her crime (adultery), and her sentence: to stand on the scaffold for three hours and to wear the symbolic letter A for the rest of her life. The stranger also learns that Hester refuses to name the man with whom she had the sexual affair.
What is chapter 17 scarlet letter about? ›Summary: Chapter 17: The Pastor and His Parishioner
Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband. This news causes a “dark transfiguration” in Dimmesdale, and he begins to condemn Hester, blaming her for his suffering.
Chillingworth, consumed by his revenge, shrivels up and vanishes. He leaves Pearl great wealth in his will, and she and her mother disappear, presumably to Europe. After their departure, the legend of the scarlet letter grows. Finally, one day Hester returns alone and inhabits once again the little cottage.
What happens in chapter 21 of the scarlet letter? ›Chapter 21 of The Scarlet Letter follows immediately after Reverend Dimmesdale meets Hester and Pearl in the forest. Hester comes up with a plan for all of them to leave for England and finally be together as a family. He vows to give his final sermon and "retire" so he can go with them to England.
What is an important quote from chapter 17 of the scarlet letter? ›
“Were I an atheist—a man devoid of conscience—a wretch with coarse and brutal instincts—I might have found peace, long ere now.
What is the quote in chapter 17 of the scarlet letter? ›Quotes From Chapter 17 of The Scarlet Letter
"Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom." This ironic description of the scarlet letter tells of Dimmesdale's suffering. He says that Hester is able to move on with her life because she has openly confessed and dealt with her sin.
It is important to note the chapter title: "Another View of Hester." This chapter is a discussion of Hester's personality, character, and intellect as well as a summary and an update of her past four years (Pearl is now seven).
What is chapter 23 of the scarlet letter called? ›Summary: Chapter 23: The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter
As they move toward the town hall for the evening feast, Dimmesdale sees Hester and hesitates. Turning toward the scaffold, he calls to Hester and Pearl to join him.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Chapter 11: “The Interior of a Heart”." The Scarlet Letter.
What is the last line of the scarlet letter? ›The novel ends with a symbolic epitaph from Hester's grave, in the future. The last sentence reveals the words carved into her tombstone: “On a Field, Sable, the Letter A, Gules.” These words evoke a visual symbol of the rich brown, or sable, earth upon which a red, or gules, letter “A” sits.
What quotes from scarlet letter about Hester being punished? ›“Let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.” This line is spoken by one of the townswomen when they are discussing Hester's punishment at the beginning of the novel.
What are some quotes in the scarlet letter about shame? ›- 1 They fear to take up the shame that rightfully belongs to them. ...
- 2 Her breast, with its badge of shame, was but the softer pillow for the head that needed one. ...
- 3 It was found," said the Sexton, "this morning on the scaffold where evil-doers are set up to public shame.
"I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer." (Hawthorne, page 63 chapter 3) This is an example of irony because Dimmesdale is trying to get Hester to reveal the name of her child when little does he know, he happens to be the father of the child.
What does Dimmesdale say before he dies? ›His dying words are "Praised be his name! His will be done! Farewell!" Hawthorne brings all the principal characters together at a third scaffold scene in this chapter, which begins with the triumph of Dimmesdale's sermon and ends with his death.
Who cheats in The Scarlet Letter? ›
Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, tells the story of Hester Prynne, her long-lost husband, Roger Chillingworth, and the man Hester has an affair with, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.
Is Scarlet Letter A true story? ›Originally published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter is a novel of historical fiction set in the puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649.
What is a quote from the scarlet letter quizlet? ›"Something that would make me weep, if there were any tears bitter enough for it...But let it pass!" (161). "That he now breathes, and creeps about on earth, is owing all to me!" (162). "If that have not avenged me, I can do no more!" (163). "Thou hadst great elements.
What is the quote about Hester's guilt? ›Hester, page 86
"'I have greatly wronged thee,' murmured Hester." This quote occurred when Hester is talking to Chillingworth for the first time when she is in jail. This shows Hester feels guilt for betraying her husband by committing adultery.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) describes the plight of Hester Prynne, who has been forced to wear a scarlet letter A (for “adultery”) on her dress as a sign of shame. She also had to stand on the scaffold for three hours as a form of public humiliation.
Who is the most sinful person in The Scarlet Letter? ›In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter," the character Roger Chillingworth is clearly the epitome of sin. In this regard, Chillingworth is more sinful than the other characters in the novel -- notably Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale.
What is a quote about Dimmesdale's suffering? ›He hath proved his mercy, most of all, in my afflictions. By giving me this burning torture to bear upon my breast! By sending yonder dark and terrible old man, to keep the torture always at red-heat! By bringing me hither, to die this death of triumphant ignominy before the people!
What is the quote about fear in The Scarlet Letter? ›—let these alone be in thy thoughts! I fear! I fear! It may be, that, when we forgot our God—when we violated our reverence each for the other's soul—it was thenceforth vain to hope that we could meet hereafter, in an everlasting and pure union.”
What are 2 examples of situational irony in The Scarlet Letter? ›Dimmesdale's final scene on the scaffold, the appearance of the scarlet letter, and the change in symbolism, or the use of things in a story to represent a grander-scale idea, of the scarlet letter are all examples of situational irony, or when the audience does not expect a result, in The Scarlet Letter.
What are the 3 types of irony? ›The three most common kinds you'll find in literature classrooms are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony.
How is Pearls name ironic? ›
Pearl's name is ironic, since a pearl is typically associated with purity. However, Pearl is the offspring of an adulterous relationship and is viewed as evil and impure by the community. In the end, however, her good nature and spirit show that something beautiful can come from something as ugly as sin.