The Interview:
- Who would you rather be? Hester, who was publicly shamed, or Roger, the husband whose life was ruined by Hester, the wife who never even loved him.
- What is stopping Hester from revealing that Roger is her wife and ruining his reputation?
Hester at the needle
- Is the author’s goal in this chapter to make us sympathize of for Hester by tellin us how she will be used as a living example of what not to do, never being able to remove the scarlet letter from her chest and the shame that comes with it?
- When Hawthorne writes “There dwelt, there trode the feet of one with whom she deemed herself connected in a union, that, unrecognized on earth, would bring them together before the bar of final judgement, and make that their marriage-altar, for a join futurity of endless retribution”(pg. 72), do you think he is saying that marriage, like sin, both are determined by godly beings, and both have “endless retribution[s]”?
Pearl
- Why does Hawthorne decide to break the 4th wall again when he says “We have as yet hardly spoken of the infant”, referring the Pearl?
- Do you think that Pearl was made simply to act as a foil to Hester
The governer's hall
1. Can Hester ever truly love Pearl since she is both the only person that will accept her and a cruel reminder of how she came to be?
2. When Hester says "Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!", was she saying that she has no happiness to offer Pearl due to her sins, that Pearl needs to find her own hapiness?
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