The Scarlet Letter Chapters XIII - XV Reading Tags
DUE BY 8am ON FRIDAY, 12/1!Analyze the tags for Chapters XIII - XV in this blog. Use the following format in your analysis of each tag:
1. Tag and page number where the tag can be found
A. Author/Facts (does not have to be in complete sentences)
oFacts from the novel according to the tag
oWho?, What?, When?, Where?
oDefine new words
oParaphrase/Summary
B. Reader/Response (SHOULD BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES)
oHow? Why?
oApplication
oWhat do you think about the situation surrounding the tag?
oRespond to the quote.
oPredictions/Questions
DON'T FORGET TO BRING A HARD COPY TO CLASS ON THE DAY THE TAGS ARE DUE IN ORDER TO GET YOUR POINTS!
1. Tag and page number where the tag can be found
A. Author/Facts (does not have to be in complete sentences)
oFacts from the novel according to the tag
oWho?, What?, When?, Where?
oDefine new words
oParaphrase/Summary
B. Reader/Response (SHOULD BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES)
oHow? Why?
oApplication
oWhat do you think about the situation surrounding the tag?
oRespond to the quote.
oPredictions/Questions
DON'T FORGET TO BRING A HARD COPY TO CLASS ON THE DAY THE TAGS ARE DUE IN ORDER TO GET YOUR POINTS!
posted by Jenni Vega | 1:25 PM
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19. "Able" (127)
A. Author/Facts
-Hester is being known as a nun-like figure through-out the community.
-Everybody respects her for her good works.
-There is even talk of her being able to remove the A from her shirts.
-She is apparently losing some of her looks.
B. Reader/Response
-It's about time that they start getting over this. After all that she's done in repentance for her sins, it seems like even the Puritans would let her take the letter off.
-I think that in the end, they will give her the option of taking the letter off and she will keep it on. Why? Because that's how they write these books.
-I think that she is losing the prettiness in everyone else's eyes because of the good she's doing. She is looked at as more of a nun figure and less of just a pretty face.
20. Chillingworth's Transformation (132-133)
A. Author/Facts
-Hester talks to Chillingworth concerning whether or not he thinks that Dimmesdale has suffered enough for not admitting his sin.
-Chillingworth says that he still wants to see Dimmesdale pay a lot more.
-Chillingworth admits that what he is doing is clearly wrong and says he is becoming more evil.
B. Reader/Response
-Chillingworth is progressively getting more evil as the book goes on. At the beginning of the book, he was actually an ok guy but he has gotten a lot worse.
-Why is Hester going out of her way to try to help Dimmesdale?
-Chillingworth realizes what he is doing is wrong but he continues to do it to satisfy his own need for revenge.
21. Seaweed (139)
A. Author/Facts
-Pearl takes some seaweed and puts it in the shape of an A on her chest.
-She shows it to Hester and asks her what the A means.
-Hester tries to play the whole thing off at first but Pearl keeps asking.
-Hester is finally forced to lie about the whole thing for the first time.
B. Reader/Response
-Pearl acts like she doesn't know what the A means but considering how she figured everything else out, I'm surprised that she didn't figure this out too.
-I'm also surprised that this is the first time that Hester has had to confront this issue with Pearl.
-Hester should have been able to work up a better than that with all the time she's had to think of one.
-It is significant that the only person she has lied to about the A is her daughter.
22. Hand Over His Heart (139)
A. Author/Facts
-While Hester and Pearl go back and forth over what the A means, Pearl asks why Dimmesdale always holds his hand over his heart.
-Hester seems a little thrown off by this and doesn't really respond to this.
B. Reader/Response
-It is really smart of Pearl to connect the two things. However, if she can figure out this much on her own, it is surprising to know that she can't figure out the rest of it by herself.
-Oh well.
Ryan Jones
* what is quite hilarious is how because marian has the wrong page number and is first on the list, half of everyone else has the wrong page number.
19. “Able” (127)
a. Author/Facts
• Hester, as she has always done, continues to do good deeds for the poor. Finally she gets some recognition for it because the people of the town start to look at her differently. They start to look at the ‘A’ as symbolizing Able as in caring and doing good works, instead of a bold statement of her sin.
• Pearl is now seven, and Hester isn’t any less convinced that she is a demon child. She has obviously not stopped spurting out contemplative comments way beyond her age. Hester thinks that in some past life Pearl was wronged by Puritanism or something, or at least is just not a normal child.
• Hester feels that she owes it to Dimmsdale to help him out since he is ‘on the verge of lunacy.’ I think that she will tell him who Chillingworth is to save his life, because, obviously, Chillingworth is practically killing him.
b. Reader Response
Hester is described as edgier then she used to be. I think that the poison of sin has so strangled her beauty to everyone around her, and even to herself through Pearl, that she cannot stand it. So, she cuts her hair and hides it under a hat. Hester is also trying to figure out her role in ‘womanhood,’ and if the pursuit of that is even worth trying. She has also gotten a better reputation, but still, she has no friends.
20. “Chillingworth’s Transformation” (132-133)
a. Author/Facts
• Pearl and Hester are walking on the peninsula when they see Chillingworth. Hester sends P earl away to talk to him about the well being of Dimmsdale.
• There has been a great change in Chillingworth since she has last seen him. It is described as if his passion for revenge has killed not only Dimmsdale, but Chillingworth as well. He has become like the devil and a fiend.
• Chillingworth tells Hester that the ministers might consider taking away her scarlet letter, but she replies that only God can do that. Chillingworth also enjoys tormenting Dimmsdale every day of his life. He has been the closest man to him for seven years now, given plenty opportunity to tantalize him.
b. Reader Response
I think that Chillingworth’s actions have not only been killing Dimmsdale, but Chillingworth himself. While Chillingworth’s revenge has been eating away at Dimmsdale’s soul, it has also been eating away at Chillingworth’s heart. He has become less of a man and more a revengeful, fiendish devil. Chillingworth has grown less and less human, tormenting Dimmsdale now for seven years. That’s harsh. Hester in the end of the chapter is told that she can tell Dimmsdale who he is by her. I think that she will to save him from Chillingworth.
21. “Seaweed” (139)
a. Author/Facts
• After their conversation, Hester is very annoyed and claims that she hates Chillingworth for doing her so much wrong. She then goes to find Pearl who has amused herself by playing in a tidal pool and using seaweed to dress herself as a mermaid.
• When Hester arrives, she realizes that Pearl has decorated herself with seaweed ‘A’, as Pearl hoped she would ask her about it. However, the book states that Pearl’s was not a red, but a fresh green. The significance of this is hard to explain, so I will leave that to the prestigious Mrs. Vega tomorrow afternoon.
• Hester asks Pearl if she knows what the A actually represents and Pearl first says it as the alphabetical A that Hester shows her. Pearl then says that it has something to do with Dimmsdale holding his hand over his heart.
b. Reader Response
I really and truly think wholeheartedly that Pearl is either possessed or outrageously genius. I am surprised, in that mindset, that she has not figured out all the way just what the letter means. She is getting very very close though. It is funny how obsessed Pearl is with nature. I can’t put my finger on why she is, but she acts differently around it. Like it is the only thing that she can control, destroy, create, ect.
22. “Hand over his heart” (139-140)
a. Author/Facts
• Pearl makes comes to a conclusion that the reason that Dimmsdale puts his hand over his heart so much is connected to Hester’s ‘A.’ This is true because the same thing that the ‘A’ stands for, which is their sin, is the same thing that is totally killing him with guilt.
• Dimmsdale must be getting sicker and sicker because of how often he must put his hand on his heart and in a noticeable way. He does it because that is where he feels the most pain. He knows that he has sinned, but also that he is so cowardly he cannot take the blame.
b. Reader Response
I am a little to cloudy minded from lack of sleep to clearly express the importance of this statement by Pearl of all people, but I will try. Dimmsdale has just been loaded down with guilt because of his unconfessed sin, leaving such a mark on him that a seven year old would notice how often and the manner in which he holds his heart, and applies to the ‘A’ on Hester’s chest.
Katherine Leigh miller
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