Scarlet Letter Character Analysis, Honors English Papaer
Formula for Character Analysis
The Scarlet Letter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Honors English 9
10/30/12
Period 4
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I. Part one a. Pearl 1. Pretty 2. Devilish 3. Young 4. Curious b. Roger Chillingworth 1 Vengeful 2. Intelligent 3. Inconsiderate 4. Mischievous c. Arthur Dimmesdale 1. Troubled 2. Sensitive 3. Powerful 4. Weak d. Hester Prynne 1. Lonely 2. Distraught 3. Enduring 4. Helpful
II. Part two a. Pearl 1. “God, as a direct consequence of the sin which man thus punished, had given her a lovely child, whose place was on that same dishonored bosom, to connect her parent for ever with the race and descent of mortals, and to be finally a blessed soul in heaven!” Page 92 2. “If the children gathered about her, as they sometimes did, Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them, with shrill, incoherent exclamations that made her mother tremble, because they had so much the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue.” Page 97 3. “Years had come and gone. Pearl was now seven years old.” Page 166 4. “But in good earnest now, mother dear, what does this scarlet letter mean?--and why dost thou wear it on thy bosom?--and why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?" Page 186 b. Roger Chillingworth 1 “It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known!--he will be known!--he will be known!" Page 65 2. "My old studies in alchemy," observed he, "and my sojourn, for above a year past, among a people well versed in the kindly properties of simples, have made a better physician of me than many that claim the medical degree.” Page 75 3. “Recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! Breathe not the secret, above
The Scarlet Letter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Honors English 9
10/30/12
Period 4
*
I. Part one a. Pearl 1. Pretty 2. Devilish 3. Young 4. Curious b. Roger Chillingworth 1 Vengeful 2. Intelligent 3. Inconsiderate 4. Mischievous c. Arthur Dimmesdale 1. Troubled 2. Sensitive 3. Powerful 4. Weak d. Hester Prynne 1. Lonely 2. Distraught 3. Enduring 4. Helpful
II. Part two a. Pearl 1. “God, as a direct consequence of the sin which man thus punished, had given her a lovely child, whose place was on that same dishonored bosom, to connect her parent for ever with the race and descent of mortals, and to be finally a blessed soul in heaven!” Page 92 2. “If the children gathered about her, as they sometimes did, Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them, with shrill, incoherent exclamations that made her mother tremble, because they had so much the sound of a witch's anathemas in some unknown tongue.” Page 97 3. “Years had come and gone. Pearl was now seven years old.” Page 166 4. “But in good earnest now, mother dear, what does this scarlet letter mean?--and why dost thou wear it on thy bosom?--and why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?" Page 186 b. Roger Chillingworth 1 “It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known!--he will be known!--he will be known!" Page 65 2. "My old studies in alchemy," observed he, "and my sojourn, for above a year past, among a people well versed in the kindly properties of simples, have made a better physician of me than many that claim the medical degree.” Page 75 3. “Recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! Breathe not the secret, above