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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In Elizabeth George Speare’s novel of Puritan colonial New England, Hannah Tupper is the titular witch—or such is the townspeople’s accusation. Kit, the nickname of Katherine Tyler, is an...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
At the beginning of the story, Kit was rather naive about people's ways of life. She believed that her life in Barbados was the norm with servants to help in life's daily tasks, freedom to worship...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
You've asked how Kit is received when her aunt Rachel finds out that Kit has come to live with her. Thanks for your question! In fact, her aunt Rachel has several reactions to Kit's arrival on her...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In chapter seventeen, a fever spreads throughout the children of Wethersfield. None of the town's standard remedies seem to help like they usually would. The fever has to run its course. Judith...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
A reader should look to the end of chapter sixteen for information regarding this question. The initial reaction is shock and dismay. Kit, and others, can not believe that John Holbrook would leave...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In this particular context, bewitched simply means "cursed". During its nine-day, forty-three mile journey from Saybrook to Wethersfield, just about everything seems to go wrong for the Dolphin....
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
When given a quote such as this one, the first thing to do is to make sure that you understand the syntax of the sentence. Perhaps the most confusing section - syntactically at least - of this...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Kit loves the Great Meadows, those green, wide open spaces that remind her of home. Very little else in Connecticut is reminiscent of Barbados, so this is a sight for sore eyes. It's also a place,...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The setting of The Witch of Blackbird Pond is Wethersfield, Connecticut in the 1680s. This New England town is a Puritan settlement, and though the settlers are trying to make the best of a...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In chapter 7, William and John spend some time with the Wood family. During the visit, William's talk of building a house leads to a political discussion among the men. William's position is that...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Reverend Gershom Bulkeley was a real person—an early graduate of Harvard College and son-in-law of its president, Charles Chauncy. Like his character in The Witch of Blackbird Pond, he was an...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
A reader should check in chapter 17 for solid textual evidence regarding this question. Readers are told right at the start of the chapter that Kit is healing nicely, and she asks Mercy for some...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
A symbol is a device in literature that is representative of something other than itself. There are many symbols in the novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond, written by Elizabeth George Speare. One...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Matthew agrees to let Kit go to church in the clothes she brought from Barbados. When Kit arrives in Connecticut, she has a difficult time assimilating into the Wood family. Though Rachel is her...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In the novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Kit is originally living in Barbados but has to move to Wethersfield, Connecticut after the death of her grandfather and an attempt by an unsavory and...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Hannah Tupper is one of the few characters that Kit really finds a connection with. That turns out to be troublesome for Kit, but it fortunately works out in the end. Hannah is a dangerous friend...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
When the novel began, Kit was materialistic, carefree, and naive. She was accustomed to a spacious home in an established town. Kit wore fine clothes and shoes. Part of the reason why she...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
After Kit is arrested and tried for witchcraft and the charges against her are dropped, William comes to call at her home. He stayed away during Mercy's illness out of consideration for the family,...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Because Kit has moved to New England from Barbados, an island in the Caribbean Sea, it is appropriate that the Shakespeare play that she and Nat discuss is The Tempest, which takes place on a...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The term “whited sepulcher” is used when Matthew complains about having Reverend Bulkeley in his house. He gives the following rant: "He is a hypocrite and a whited sepulcher!" Matthew's fist...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Did you mean about each character or the characters in general? I will answer based on all the characters in general. The characters run a gamut of personality types. At one extreme is Goodwife...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Most novels have many themes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond is no exception. You can find key themes by reading the novel. What are some ideas that are shown throughout the book when you read it?...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Kit felt guilty about many things. She felt badly that she was not better at cooking when Judith and Mercy were sick and she had to do the food preparation. She also did not like violating Uncle...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Kit did not tell the Woods that she was coming to live with them, and she had never even met them before she showed up at their door. The Woods would naturally be surprised to see her. Also, Kit...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The charter is hidden during a meeting by a group of colonists including William Ashby. A charter is a contract, similar to a constitution. The charter is very important to the colonists. It...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
While Kit is trying to save Hanna from the mob the people in the community go to Hanna's home and Kit sees it burning. Kit gets Hanna safely on the boat and she returns home to find that her...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Dr. Gershom Bulkeley is a Loyalist. As such, he is loyal to the King of England and upholds the idea of colonial obedience to the crown. He is rewarded for this loyalty by being made a justice of...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
I take it you are referring to when Kit arrives at her Aunt and Uncle's house without informing them that she was planning on staying with them for good. The answer to your question can be found in...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Katherine Tyler (also known as "Kit") is the main character in the novel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond is written in the third-person; therefore, our narrator follows Kit closely throughout the...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The first time Kit helps Prudence is on the boat trip from Saybrook to Weathersfield. Prudence drops her doll overboard, Captain Eaton will not turn back for it, and Prudence's mother only gives...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Katharine Tyler, or "Kit," is the sixteen year-old heroine of Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond. She is best described as fiercely independent, intelligent, and curious......
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
At the time of the story, 1687, both Barbados and the Connecticut Colony, where Weathersfield is located, are under British rule. Aside from that, there appear to be more differences than...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
If you are looking for metaphors and other examples of figurative language, a great place to start is the description provided of the changing seasons in America. The author uses a number of...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The central conflict of this story is Kit's conflict against herself. She is the protagonist of the story, so it is her tale. Her problem is that she doesn't know how to fit into her new society....
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In Chapter 15, the historical incident involving the disappearance of the Connecticut Charter is described. The Charter was a document obtained from England by the Connecticut Colony which...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
I think your question is referring to a plot analysis. As in what is the main conflict and how is it resolved? The main conflict starts right from the beginning of the book. Kit has not been...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
At the story's end, Kit and Nathaniel are reunited. Although the story ends before they are actually wed, there is no doubt that their marriage is imminent.Nat had asked Kit to go with him before,...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In chapter 9, Kit and Mercy are teaching elementary school children to read at the dame school. Mercy is patient, but Kit is not. She gets frustrated and decides to make up lessons using the...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Kit is initially unimpressed with America. She finds the towns of Saybrook and Wetherfield to be small and dreary. She had expected to see established and bustling towns, with large buildings made...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The family could tell that Judith was in love because her mannerisms changed and she seemed happier. When Judith is in love with John Holbrook, the family is a little surprised at first. His...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
John Holbrook is a reverend-in-training. He "has come to Wethersfield to study theology with the Reverend Dr. Gersholm Bulkeley, a real historical personage." He is probably in his late teens.
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Goodwife Cruff is a woman who lives in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Kit first meets Goodwife Cruff, along with her husband and daughter, on the ship from Saybrook to Wethersfield. Goodwife Cruff is a...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In Elizabeth George Speare’s The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Hannah Tupper is an old, kind-hearted widow, who is outlawed by the Puritan society. She lives alone in a small house located near the...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Describing words allow readers to create a mental image of what the author is describing. These mental images help the reader to connect on a deeper scale with the characters. As for Kit, the...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Personally I think the major resolution of this great novel comes in Chapter 21 when Kit finally realises two things that the astute reader will have realised long before--she loves Nat and she...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
There were three members of the Cruff family. Kit first observed "a shabby, dour-looking man and wife" and their young daughter (The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Chapter 1). Kit thought that Goodman...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Nat tells Kit that a person is loyal to the country he or she was born in because he does not feel loyal to the King of England. Although the book takes place before the revolutionary war, there...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In Puritan Connecticut, religion and laws were closely intertwined. Most laws in Puritan societies were based on Biblical principals. Punishment for law breaking was often severe. In the town of...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
All three of the men felt that King James was being unjust and denying the colonists the rights granted to them under the charter of Connecticut (which King James was trying to dissolve and merge...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Well, the answer here depends in part on which characteristics you're talking about, and what each person is jealous of. Mercy, of course, is one of the emotional icons of The Witch of Blackbird...
