https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy Scarlet Letter chapter summaries Ch 3,4,5,6,7,8 en-us 2016-10-26 13:05:22 UTC 2016-10-26 13:54:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133309833 2016-10-26 13:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133309833 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133309839 •In chapter 5, Hester leaves the prison in returns to her house in the woods. After they get home, she tries to reenter society but they become a symbol of sin to everyone including children. She uses her talent with needle work to support her and her child.
•Ignominy- p. 74- public shame or disgrace
•Inquisitorial- p. 77- offensively prying
•Progenitors- p. 77- a person or thing from which a person animal or plant is descendent or originates in ancestor or parent
•"But it is not recorded that, in a single instance, her skill was called to aid to embroider the white vail which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride." p. 78]]> 2016-10-26 13:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133309839 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133312926 Chapter 6 discusses Pearl, Hester's daughter. Hester loves her daughter but thinks she acts strange. She doesn't fit in with the children, and she didn't think that she was created by the Heavenly Father. Townspeople believed that Pearl was a demon offspring, because her mother was the wearer of the scarlet letter. Hester worried about her also. 
"Child, what are thou?" Cried the mother. (P.92)
Incoherent- Expressed in an incomprehensible way.(p.89)
Gesticulation- A gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking.(p.92)
 Phantasmagoric- Changing or shifting.(p.90)]]> 2016-10-26 13:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133312926 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133313403 Hester visits Governor Bellingham to bring him a pair of gloves she made for him, and to find out if the rumors that pearl was going to be taken from her care were true. There were rumors that Pearl was a demon-child and that she would be taken away for her and Hester's sake. At the mansion Hester looks in the mirror and is horrified by how much the Scarlet Letter dominates her appearance.

Imperious- assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. (P.96)

Similitude- the quality of state of being similar to something (P.96)

Garb- clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind (P.95)

"...the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, so as to be greatly the most prominent feature of her appearance." (P. 99-100)]]> 2016-10-26 13:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133313403 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133313418      Chapter 3
1.Hester Prynne recognizes a man in the crowd
2. The governor and reverends try to convince Hester Prynne to reveal who she had an affair with.
3. She then goes back to prison.
Convulsive- producing or consisting of convulsions. p. 57
Ignominious- marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame.p.65
Imperceptible- impossible to perceive.
P. 58
" I pray you, good sir, who is this woman?- and wherefore is she here to set up to public shame?" P. 58


]]> 2016-10-26 13:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133313418 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133314252 In chapter 8, Governor Bellingham and two ministers return to his hall and find Hester and Pearl within the governor's quarters. The governor uses this occasion to try to take Pearl away from Hester, citing her as an ungodly influence to the child. After expressing her love for Pearl, Mr. Dimmesdale and Hester convinced the governor to allow Pearl to stay under Hester's custody for the time being. 
1. bedizen- pg 103; to dress to adorn gaudily
2. plumage- pg 103; a bird's feathers
3. catechism- pg 103; a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers

pg 106 " God gave me ... I will die first." 

]]> 2016-10-26 13:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133314252 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133315118 •p.68-quietude-a state of stillness, calmness, and quiet in a person or place
•p.70-expostulation-expeessing strong disapproval or disagreement
•p.71-behoof-benefit or advantage
•summary: Hester returns to her jail cell after standing on the scaffold in a frenzy of nerves. Shortly after she returned, a doctor, Roger Chillingworth, arrived at the cell to check on the baby and Hester. We later find out that he was her husband she committed adultery towards. They discuss the circumstances and forgive each other for their wrong doings.]]> 2016-10-26 13:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/q4ru9bj965fy/wish/133315118