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Questions in The Scarlet Letter tagged with "Symbolism"

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  What does governor bellingham symbolize?

  Posted by lauren8585 on Nov 15, 2009 at 06:07 PM

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  In Chapter 6 of "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne describes Pearl. What are 2 passages/quotes? And what do they mean?

  Posted by stop1234 on Aug 24, 2009 at 12:25 PM

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  Is Pearl's behavior really unnatural for a child, or does Hester just imagine that it is?

  Posted by southerng on Aug 20, 2009 at 03:21 PM

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  What is the role of the following minor characters who appear in the scaffold scene in chapter 12 of "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by lotsoflove on Aug 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM

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  When the Reverend Mr. Wilson, who is at Governor Bellingham's mansion, asks Pearl who made her, what does she reply?  

  Posted by mrmexican on Jul 9, 2009 at 11:14 AM

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  In The Scarlet Letter, if Pearl is a symbol of two sides of Hester, which is most prominent and which does the greater good for Hester?

  Posted by cookiecrumb on May 28, 2009 at 06:54 PM

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  In The Scarlet Letter, what was the purpose of Hester Prynne's punishment?

  Posted by angelakuikui on Mar 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM

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  What is the symbolism of the scaffold, poisonous plants, weeds, and forest?

  Posted by onetwoonetwothreefour on Mar 11, 2009 at 09:40 AM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter" what is the significance of Pearl's name?

  Posted by tracyscott2 on Feb 15, 2009 at 08:24 PM

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  In The Scarlet Letter, what two possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?

  Posted by nanni on Feb 4, 2009 at 06:24 PM

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  What are the effects of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by asenciotracy on Feb 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM

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  How do both the scaffold and the natural environment function as symbols in "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by dthunder on Jan 4, 2009 at 04:37 AM

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  What is the symbolism of the color red in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by Aryeh211lion on Jan 1, 2009 at 02:12 PM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter", why does Dimmesdale choose to reveal he is the guilty partner?

  Posted by bsquared on Dec 17, 2008 at 05:23 PM

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  What things do the characters of "The Scarlet Letter" represent?

  Posted by writer-94 on Dec 15, 2008 at 09:14 AM

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  What is symbolic in the setting in which Hester meets Dimmesdale in the forest?

  Posted by lifisgood93 on Nov 20, 2008 at 07:24 PM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter", how does Hawthorne's description of the letter "A" relate to Hester's character?

  Posted by jaerabb on Nov 11, 2008 at 06:17 PM

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  How is the name of Hester's child symbolic in "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by itselectricx321 on Aug 24, 2008 at 03:37 PM

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  The letter A appears in several different forms during the course of the novel "The Scarlet Letter."

  Posted by mjohnso2 on May 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM

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  What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale's "sin" and Governor Winthrop's "virtue" in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by iluvbb17 on Apr 1, 2008 at 02:12 PM