Thursday 15 December

Here's the bonus you asked for: 40 points; identify the above image, who painted it and how it ties into our reading. Due Thursday before class :)

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

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 chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Reading for 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

Questions for chapters 14-19 for Thursday

Chapter 14 Hester and the Physician

1. Why has Chillingsworth not punished Hester, yet has tortured Dimmesdale.

Chapter 15 Hester and Pearl
2. Pearl had been playing by the shore,k while her
mother talked with Chillingsworth. What does she do with the eel grass she collected?
3. With what does Hester threaten Pearl, if the child does not stop asking about the scarlet letter?

Chapter 16 A Forest Walk

4. Where does Hester descide to meet Dimmesdale to convey the news?

5. What does Hester tell Pearl is the reason for the A?

Chapter 17 The Pastor and the Parishioner

6. Under what circumstances might have Dimmesdale found peace?

7.What news does Hester convey to Dimmesdale?

8.What does Hester suggest to Dimmesdale that should be done to escape Chillingsworth. (Be complete here; the information is spread out over a couple of pages)

Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine

9. What does Hester do with the A?

10. Describe the nymph child.

Chapter 19 The Child at the Brookside

11. Why would Pearl not come to her mother?

12. How does Pearl react when she hears the news?