The ScArlet Letter

1
The ScArlet Letter

• A
• Fishbowl Questions
• ON A FIELD, SABLE,
• THE LETTER A,
• GULES

2
Group One

• Why is it that Hesters sin is the one that
  receives primary focus?
• What role does the individual play in the story?
• Interpret this quote
• Tempted by a dream of happinessAnd the
  infectious poison of that sin had been thus
  rapidly diffused throughout his moral system
  (152).

3
Group Two

• What role does society play in this story?
• What is significant about Pearl being the
  demon child? What does she represent?
• Interpret this quote
• the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which
  attracted the worlds scorn and bitternessand
  becamelooked upon with awe, yet with reverence,
  too (179).

4
Bonus Question

• Make a case that this story is about Arthur
  Dimmsdale, and not about Hester Prynne.
• Consider
• The Archetypal angle
• Hawthornes view of our basic nature
• The Individual v. Society