<p> Review for Test over The Scarlet Letter</p><p>TERMS THEMES theocracy alienation allusion appearance versus reality personification breaking society’s rules simile metaphor SYMBOLS hyperbole Pearl satire Scarlet Letter A realism Forest paradox Red dramatic irony Black irony of situation Rosebush verbal irony Prison Door visual irony Meteor</p><p>Foreshadowing</p><p> 2 necessities in a new colony Prison and cemetery</p><p> Hester’s punishment</p><p>Prison; wearing the scarlet A; isolation; standing on the scaffold</p><p> what magistrates want to accomplish by punishing Hester</p><p>Discourages others from adultery; maintain order in society; reinforcing the idea</p><p> that the law must be followed</p><p> what the decoration on the scarlet letter indicates about Hester</p><p> maybe she doesn’t think her sin is wrong  name of person who told Hester to confess the name of the man she committed adultery with</p><p>Dimmesdale</p><p> 2 reasons Hester stays in Boston</p><p>Her sin binds her to Boston; the man she feels married to lives in Boston.</p><p> 2 meanings of the meteor</p><p> a personal sign from heaven for Dimmesdale; stands for Angel for Governor Winthrop</p><p> 3 theories of how the A was imprinted on Dimmesdale’s chest</p><p>Dimmesdale’s self-torture; Chillingworth’s drugs; guilt eating at his heart</p><p> when Dimmesdale will stand with Hester and Pearl</p><p> at the great judgment day</p><p> Hester’s reason for decorating the scarlet letter, according to a female spectator</p><p> to laugh in the faces of the magistrates</p><p> reason Hester’s husband took so long to arrive in Boston</p><p>He was captured by Indians.</p><p> reason Hester will not name the man she committed adultery with</p><p>His name is branded too deeply in her heart.</p><p> ways that Dimmesdale punishes himself</p><p> scourging himself; fasting; standing on the scaffold</p><p> reasons Dimmesdale will not tell the truth about the adultery</p><p>Wants to continue serving God; lacks the courage; fears public exposure</p><p> reason Chillingworth does not want Dimmesdale to mount the scaffold</p><p>The scaffold is the only place that Dimmesdale could escape him.</p><p> what happens to Chillingworth after Dimmesdale dies</p><p>He dies within the year because he has lost his reason for living. Symbols</p><p>Pearl Black</p><p>Scarlet Letter A Rosebush</p><p>Forest Prison Door</p><p>Red Meteor</p><p>Meaning</p><p>A symbol of shame, yet triumph over forces World of the unknown; natural world which is a that intend to punish her; adulteress=> able=>angel place of nature’s authority as opposed to man- Scarlet Letter made authority of the Puritans; place of freedom, yet can also be viewed as a place of darkness, the devil and temptation. forest This color is associated with sin, the devil and darkness. black This color is represents the glow of passion or color in a world of gray and darkness. red Living embodiment of sin; product of love and passion Pearl The authority of Puritan law; man-made, rigid conventions that contrast with Nature The ability of Nature to outlast man’s activities; prison door a symbol of hope, kindness, forgiveness rosebush A sign from God; some interpret the message from heaven to mean “angel” while others believe the sign is a supernatural warning of approaching doom meteor</p>