Scarlet Letter
NOTES-in comp notebook or spiral
Themes/symbols/questions
Why written?
(Btw those who didn’t do the project
write these down, you may turn this in
for 90/100 points)
• When authors write they must consider
certain things
• Audience
• Message
• Speaker
This is also called rhetorical triangle.
• NH’s audience? __________
• Message ________________
• Speaker ___________________
Rhetorical elements in SL
• Your list…
– Contrasts
– Duality
– Ambiguity
– Allegory
– Connotations
– Symbolism
– Motif
– Word Choice
Questions/Journals
• 1. Custom House: Romanticism? Look it up
• Why did he want this chapter?
• 2. What are the feelings towards Puritans?
• 3. Chillingworth character? Why?
• 4. What has the Letter done to Hester? What
is Pearl like?
• 5. Hester’s attitude about Pearl
• 6. What is the doctor’s plan?
• 7. How does the letter change and evolve?
• 8. Love or Lust?
• 9. Why would the Pastor ‘tell’ on himself?
• 10. Hester's role in society?
Poetry/Art
• Poetry: google: poem single mother or
courage or sin
• www.poemhunter.com/poem/women-ofcourage/
• www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/how-cana-single-mother-manage-alone
• Art=google: mother scarlet letter
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SinGuiltRevengeCouragePunishment
Choices-
Symbols
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Scarlet Letter
Meteor
Prison
Rose Bush
Red
Black
Green
Purple
Gold