Bonus: 40 points...identify the above item and its function. Send or put on the desk before class on Monday.
In class today: DEAR (drop everything and read)
Reading schedule
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
DUE Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion
Synopsis: Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
The story now turns to Roger Chillingworth. Following his secret interview with Hester in prison, Chillingworth becomes a respected member of the community and personal medical advisor to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose health is failing. Chillingworth uses his medical knowledge to treat the minister’s physical condition, but suspects some wound or trouble
in Dimmesdale’s soul is contributing to his declining health. Intent on discovering the truth about Arthur Dimmesdale, Chillingworth one day comes upon the minister in his sleep, pushes aside his shirt, and reads the secret of the minister’sheart—the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne’s partner in adultery and the father of little Pearl. Chillingworth acknowledges Dimmesdale as his enemy and thus makes him the unsuspecting victim of his malevolent revenge.
The story now turns to Roger Chillingworth. Following his secret interview with Hester in prison, Chillingworth becomes a respected member of the community and personal medical advisor to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose health is failing. Chillingworth uses his medical knowledge to treat the minister’s physical condition, but suspects some wound or trouble
in Dimmesdale’s soul is contributing to his declining health. Intent on discovering the truth about Arthur Dimmesdale, Chillingworth one day comes upon the minister in his sleep, pushes aside his shirt, and reads the secret of the minister’sheart—the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne’s partner in adultery and the father of little Pearl. Chillingworth acknowledges Dimmesdale as his enemy and thus makes him the unsuspecting victim of his malevolent revenge.
Questions for Monday's reading. These may be e-mailed or turned in at the start of class only. Make sure you are on task with your reading.
Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart
1. How does Reverend Dimmesdale feel about Chillingsworth? (use specific text)
2. How does the congregation view the popular Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale? (use specific text)
3. How did the minister punish himself?
Chapter 12. The Minister’s Vigil
4. What “vain show of expiation” does the minister perform?
5. Who joins the minister?
6. What does Pearl ask of the minister and how does he reply?
7. What appears in the sky and how does it appear?
Chapter 13
8. How and why had the public’s perception of Hester changed in seven years?
9. What does Hester Prynne resolve to do?
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