The Scarlet Letter

Themes

Making a mini-book

• Each person should get one sheet of unlined paper.

• Return to your area.• You will be following my

instructions to make this book.

Pay close attention

• Fold once hotdog style• Fold over hamburger

style• Now fold once more

(hamburger) when you open the paper it should look like this.

Next steps

• Make a tent so your paper looks like this.

• Like a pup tent -- hamburger

• Now watch what I do before you make your tear!!!!!

• Tear half-way.

Last step

• Fold in accordion style.

• You will have a mini-book.

• On the cover

Themes of Scarlet Letter

Name hour

Label the pages…

• Pages 2 & 3• Isolation

• Pages 4 & 5• Justice & Judgment

Label the pages…

• Pages 6 & 7• Guilt and Blame

• Back Cover (p 8)• Name 3 other works

Flip the book

• Flip the book.• Turn it inside out.• Two-fer!

Label the pages…

• Cover• Themes of Scarlet Letter

continued…• Name• Hour

• Pages 10 & 11• Revenge and Mind

Games

Label the pages…

• Pages 12 & 13• Hypocrisy

• Pages 14 & 15• The Supernatural

Label…

• Back cover (p. 16)• Name 3 other works

Isolation

• Go to the Isolation pages.

• NOTES!– Hester’s left out of

Puritan society due to having a child out of wedlock. She’s shunned and ostracized.

Isolation

• Answer the following questions:– Is anyone else isolated?– How does it affect Hester?

Pearl?– Does isolation empower

Hester? Why or why not?

• Include a quote from the story that shows isolation. Include the page number.

Justice & Judgment

• The citizens of the Massachusetts Bay Colony have a finely tuned sense of justice based on religion and law. When one breaks a colony’s law, one breaks God’s law.

Justice & Judgment

• Answer the questions…– What’s the difference

between justice and judgment?

– Why do townspeople like to judge so much?

– Does Hester judge?• Include a quote that

shows justice and judgment. Include the page number.

Guilt & Blame

• The characters are defined by either the guilt they feel or by the blame they place.

Guilt & Blame• Answer the following

questions…– Do guilt and blame work

together to bring reformation of any of the characters? Why?

– What does “redemption” mean to Puritans? Hester? Chillingworth? Pearl? Dimmesdale?

– Does redemption require confession? Why or why not?

• Include a quote that shows guilt or blame. Include the page number.

Back Cover

• Name 3 other works– Give examples of other

works or movies that deal with those themes from the previous pages.• Each theme needs 3!• Isolation• Justice and Judgment• Guilt and Blame

Flip it

• Turn it inside out.• Find the Revenge and

Mind Games Section.

Revenge & Mind Games

• Hawthorne presents revenge as unnatural act that twists a person’s soul into something evil. Vengeance belongs to God alone.

Revenge & Mind Games• Answer the following

questions:– Why does revenge twist a

person’s soul into evil?– Is revenge different from

other “sins” in this respect? Are some sins worse than others for Hawthorne? For you?

• Include a quote that shows revenge or mind games. Include the page number.

Hypocrisy

• Hypocrisy is seen not only as a sin, but a sin that leads to great personal injury. Narrator warns us not to let our reputations become more important than our lives.

Hypocrisy• Answer the following

questions:– What characters are

represented as hypocrites in this book? Why?

– Who seems to tell the truth, and what role do these characters have in the novel?

– Is Hester a hypocrite? Why or why not?

• Be sure to include a quote about hypocrisy. Include the page number.

The Supernatural

• Lots of crazy things happen…– Eyes that glow red– Meteors in shape of an

“A”– Witches on broomsticks

• Doesn’t matter if real or not…but they do tell us something important about characters and secrets they keep.

The Supernatural• Answer the following

questions:– What role does Mistress

Hibbons play in the story? Why is it significant she’s related to the governor?

– How do characters feel about supernatural things and events?

– Is Pearl superhuman?• Be sure to find a quote

about the supernatural. Include the page number.

Back Cover

• Name 3 other works• Give examples of other

works or movies that deal with those themes from the previous pages.

• Each theme needs 3!– Revenge & Mind Games– Hypocrisy– The Supernatural

Turn it in!

• You will turn this in on the day of the test.

• Be sure to answer the ?s and find your quotes as you are reading.

• Test day is…Tuesday, March 22nd.