Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Tuesday, Dec 18 Scarlet Letter day 4

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leech
cuirass
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greaves



 gauntlet
throw down the gauntlet; run the gauntlet
 Lord of Misrule

In class today: chapters 7 and 8 questions due
Thematic practice: class handout; this will be collected tomorrow at the close of class, along with the responses for chapters 9 and 10. This counts as a writing grade.
For Wednesday: vocabulary quiz on context words. See yesterday's list
Homework: as per last week's handout.
Wednesday, December 19 chapters 9 and 10 pages 107-126
1. (TEXT) What has Chillingworth not “come forward to vindicate his claim?”
2. (TEXT) What had the leech learned while in his Indian captivity?
3. (TEXT) According to the town’s folk, what was the reason for Mr. Dimmesdale’s poor health?
4. (TEXT) Why does Chillingworth know that he will discover the source of Dimmesdale’s illness, if he watches his patience carefully?
5. Discuss Chillingworth and Dimmesdale’s views on Pearl and how they relate to Romanticism. Support this through the text.

Thursday, December 20….we are in the library lab
Friday, December 21…class play day.
Wednesday, January 2, chapters 11-24 pages 126-235
Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart pages 126-133
1. (TEXT)How does Reverend Dimmesdale feel about Chillingsworth?
2. (TEXT)How does the congregation view the popular Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale?
3. How did the minister punish himself?
Chapter 12. The Minister’s Vigil pages 133-144
1. What “vain show of expiation” does the minister perform?
2. Who joins the minister?
3. What does Pearl ask of the minister and how does he reply?
4. (TEXT) What appears in the sky and how does it appear?
Chapter 13 Another view of Hester 144-151
1. How and why had the public’s perception of Hester changed in seven years?
2. The narrator ascribes Hester’s physical change from having”turned…from passion and feeling to thought.” Make a philosophical parallel.
3. How had Hester’s sin impacted Pearl?
4. (TEXT) Why does Hester resolve to meet with Roger Chillingworth?
Chapter 14 Hester and the Physician 152-157
1. When Chillingworth informs Hester that the “scarlet letter might be taken off [her] bosom”, she responds, “It lies not in the pleasure of the magistrates to take off this badge.” What does she mean with this statement?
2. (TEXT)Why won’t Chillingworth stop torturing Dimmesdale?
Chapter 15 Hester and Pearl 158-164
1. (TEXT)How did Pearl occupy herself by the water?
2. Describe Pearl’s interactions with the scarlet letter.
Chapter 16 A Forest Walk 164-170
1. (TEXT) While in the forest, what does Pearl observe of the sun in relation to Hester?
2. (TEXT) How does Pearl personify the brook?
3. (TEXT) How does the minister look when Hester encounters him on the path?
Chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner 170-179
1. (TEXT) How does the narrator describe Hester and Dimmesdale when they first meet along the path?
2. Dimmesdale is clearly suffering. Why does he think Hester suffers less than he?
3. How does the minister react when Hester tells him about Roger Chillingworth?
4. What does Hester tell Dimmesdale she will do with him?
Chapter 18 A Flood of Sunshine 179-185
1. (TEXT) What does Hester do, once she and Dimmesdale had made their plans?
2. (TEXT) Describe what Hester does next/
3. The minister observes, “I see the child…Yonder she is, standing in a streak of sunshine, a good way off, on the other side of the brook.” Explain this statement in terms of Romanticism.
Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side 185-192
1. Why will Pearl not cross the brook?
2. (TEXT) How does Pearl treat Dimmesdale?
3. What does she do when he kisses her forehead?
Chapter 20 The Minister in the Maze 192-202
1. What arrangements does Hester make for her departing Boston?
2. Give two textual examples of how the minister’s behavior has changed?
3. (TEXT) Of what has Chillingworth become aware in regards to the minister.
Chapter 21 The New England Holiday 202-211
1. (TEXT) How were the people in the market place different from the previous generation?
2. Why is” Roger Chillingworth…seen to enter the marketplace, in close and familiar contact with the questionable vessel?”
3. Of what does the master of the vessel inform Hester?
Chapter 22 The Procession 211-221
1. List the order of the procession. (Check by paragraph)
2. What does Mistress Hibbins tell Hester?
Chapter 23 The Revelation 221-229
1. Describe the scene on the scaffold. Intersperse with textual material.
Chapter 24 Conclusion 230-235
1. What became of Hester?
2. What became of Chillingworth?
3. What became of Pearl?

Copy of class handout today.

In order to have some folks catch up, and for others as a review, please look at the following themes that are depicted in The Scarlet Letter.  Review or read chapters 1- 10 and find two textual examples that support each theme. Make sure to give the page number. Do not use the same quote twice!  I am counting this as a writing grade.                                                             


Revenge
Nathaniel Hawthorne presents revenge as an unnatural act that twists a person’s soul into something evil. Not only does it alter a person’s basic personality, but it never satisfies.




The Scarlet Letter follows several strong women in an era when women were expected to be subordinate to their male counterparts. Hester Prynne is willing to take on her own shame.




Compassion and Forgiveness
In Christianity, grace and forgiveness are frequently contrasted with the law. A legalistic faith (such as the Puritan one) suggests that conformity to a strict set of rules is most important.




Sin
Sin is clearly a matter of great importance in the mid-17th century Puritan community of The Scarlet Letter, as religious sin is associated with breaking the law. In this novel, we see a hierarchy.





Hypocrisy is seen not only as a sin in The Scarlet Letter, but as a sin that leads to great personal injury. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a religious figure, comes to embody hypocrisy.





Guilt and blame weave in and out of the hearts of the characters that inhabit The Scarlet Letter . The relationships of these characters are defined by either the guilt they feel or by the blame they inflict.





In the world of The Scarlet Letter, the inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony have a finely tuned sense of justice based on a partnership of religion and law.




The Scarlet Letter tells the story of a society that is as good at excluding people as a middle school clique.  Hester Prynne lives in isolation for years and years.



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The Supernatural
Lots of crazy things go down in The Scarlet Letter – things like eyes that glow red, meteors in the shape of an “A,” witches that go riding their broomsticks.






Fate and Free Will
The world of The Scarlet Letter is a religious one that believes in fate and in the idea that each person’s life follows a specific and set path. Puritans believed in Divine Providence.





Man and the Natural World
In this Romantic novel all the good stuff goes down in the woods. Nature is almost like a character in the world of The Scarlet Letter. It is often personified as listening, commenting on, and interacting with humanity.
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