https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f The Scarlet Letter Summaries Ch 3,4,5,6,7,8 en-us 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC 2025-10-27 15:47:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png blythetb7 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130713 Aliza💃,Delaney🐵, Clay✋🏻, Blythe🐙
Summary:
In chapeter seven, Hester Prynne and Pearl are traveling to the mansion of governor Bellinghan to deliver him gloves, and to prevent pearls and being taken from her. On the way there, Hester Prynne and Pearl are not treated as people, but as a thing... the scarlet letter. They arrive at the fresh, brilliant house, Pearl looking in awe upon its beauty, and enter in the hopes of good intentions.
Vocab:
Cuirass- a piece of armor consisting of breastplate and backplate fastened together (p.99)
Gorget- an article of clothing that covers the throat (p.99)
Subsistence- the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level (p.100)
Quote:
"'Behold, verily, there is the woman of the scarlet letter; and, of a truth, moreover, there is the likeness of the scarlet letter running along by her side! Come, therefore, and let us fling mud at them!'" (p. 96)]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130713 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130732 Elizabeth, Grace, Marie, Joseph
Hester stands on the scaffold with her baby as a punishment. She notices a man who keeps looking at her. the stranger and about Hester's crimes and punishment; Hester won't tell who the father is.

intervolutions: to roll, wind, or involve with one another p 58 

peradventure: chance, doubt or uncertainty p59

behooves: benefit or behalf p63

"I will not speak... my child must seek as heavenly father; she shall never know on earthly one" p.63]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130732 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130748 Lindsey, Conner, Ava, and Dresden
Summary:
Pearl is her mother's only treasure. She is physically perfect, but has a side of darkness. She is a very intelligent child, and her mother often describes her as being "fairy-like."

Vocabulary:
p. 90- 
phantasmagoric: having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination
p. 93-
betwixt: word for between
p. 92-
gesticulation: a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one' words

Quote:
"He sent us all into this world. He sent even me, thy mother. Then, much more, thee! Or, if not, thou strange and elvish child, whence didst thou come?" (p. 93)]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130748 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130784 Arden🐥, Brianne🐝, Grayson🐋, and Ehab👳🏽‍♀️
Summary: Roger Chillingsworth, the stranger from the crowd, comes to visit Hester Prynne in jail disguised as her doctor. Their conversation reveals that Chillingsworth is Prynne's long lost husband. Demanding to know who the mystery man is, Chillingsworth grows angry when Hester refuses to tell him, but she does agree to hide his identity.
Vocabulary:
1) peremptory- taking action in order to prevent something
2) quell- put an end to
3) irreparably- impossibly able to rectify
Quote: "Art, thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruins of my soul?" Page 73]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130784 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130804 Kaitlyn🙃, Sam💸, Cambria🐟, Damilola🐰

Summary:
Hester Prynne goes to the governor's house and begs them to let her keep Pearl. They question her as to why she should be allowed to keep her, and she explains that she wishes to teach her and prevent her child from repeating any of her mistakes. Mr. Dimmesdale convinces them to let her keep Pearl, and then Chillingworth wants to reopen the case of who the father is.

Vocabulary:
1. (pg. 109)  catechism- an elementary book about the basics of Christianity
2. (pg. 105)  betwixt- between
3. (pg. 110) parable- a short story that tells a lesson in verse or prose with human characters

Quote: "I can teach my little Pearl what I have learned from this!"
pg. 104



]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130804 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130825 Karmen, Emily, Corey🔥, Hannah🐶

Summary: Hester has left prison and now lives in a small secluded shack in the woods. Her greatest talent is with a needle and thread. She makes extraordinary clothes for her baby, Pearl, and basic clothes for herself.

Vocabulary:

1. Pg. 83 Talisman- lucky charm
2. Pg. 79 Volptuous- luxury
3. Pg. 83 Vulgar- crude

Quote: "She passed an art that sufficed, even in a land that afforded comparatively little scope for its exercise, to supply food for her thriving infant and herself. (Pg. 77)]]> 2017-07-20 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/ff9fr2cp3n5f/wish/179130825