The Scarlet Letter

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  How does Dimmesdale feel as the much respected minister in the community and why doesn't he thrive among the people who so admire him?

  Posted by christina1257 on Jul 15, 2008 at 06:02 PM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter," what was the reason Hester gave for keeping Pearl?

  Posted by joshu69114 on Jun 3, 2008 at 03:19 PM

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  How does Hawthorne use the heart as a plot device in "The Scarlet Letter"? Use 4 qoutes to answer the question.

  Posted by larryrr on May 16, 2008 at 02:19 PM

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  What are some examples of allusions in "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by mjohnso2 on May 12, 2008 at 03:29 PM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter," what reasons does Hawthorne give for Hesters' remaining in Boston, where she is an outcast?

  Posted by bjamar on May 7, 2008 at 05:30 AM

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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 idea is Nathaniel Hawthorne suggesting through the character Pearl in "The Scarlet Letter"? How does she change throughout the novel?

  Posted by byrdsoccer15 on May 5, 2008 at 08:41 AM

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  Eventually Hester returns to New England. Why, when Hester returns, is she still wearing the scarlet letter A?

  Posted by mjohnso2 on Apr 30, 2008 at 07:49 PM

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  In "The Scarlet Letter," what are all Dimmsdale's sins?

  Posted by salvia on Apr 29, 2008 at 02:18 PM

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  What are some examples of redemption in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by ladyofthestars99 on Apr 25, 2008 at 12:12 PM

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  What way are both Chillingworth and Dimmesdale to be pitied in "The Scarlett Letter"? 

  Posted by purplewater03 on Apr 13, 2008 at 03:06 PM

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  What is the role of Chillingworth in "The Scarlet Letter"? Is it a tool to punish Arthur Dimmesdale or is there another role for him ?

  Posted by brilliant444 on Apr 3, 2008 at 09:41 AM

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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

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  In Chapter 2  of "The Scarlet Letter," what was the relationship between religion and law in Puritan New England?

  Posted by monie23 on Apr 1, 2008 at 05:53 AM

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  Why would Hawthorne give the reader information about Pearl giving her mother a message in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by bucklemyshoes on Mar 12, 2008 at 03:09 PM

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  What information does Pearl give to her Mother in The Scarlet Letter?

  Posted by bucklemyshoes on Mar 3, 2008 at 09:14 PM

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  How does the meaning of the scarlet letter change throughout the book to Hester? To the Villagers? To Pearl?

  Posted by pverploegen on Feb 3, 2008 at 11:51 AM

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  How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die in "The Scarlet Letter"?

  Posted by rebeccaguajardo on Jan 28, 2008 at 01:25 PM

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  Where do Hester and Chillingworth live before coming to America? Whom has Chillingworth lived with before coming to Boston?

  Posted by rebeccaguajardo on Jan 25, 2008 at 11:27 AM

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  When Hester throws down her scarlet letter, the transfiguration that was foreshadowed occurs, and Hester's beauty returns.

  Posted by sexymexicana on Dec 19, 2007 at 06:07 AM