Scarlet Letter Children's Book

Scarlet Letter
Children’s Book

By: Kelly Ivey

A

Adultery- Hester committed adultery.

B

Bosom- Hester wore a scarlet letter on her bosom.

c

Chillingworth- Chillingworth was Hester’s husband.

D

Dimmesdale- Dimmesdale was Pearl’s dad.

E

Evil- many people saw pearl as evil.

F

Faith- this is what the people had in the book because they were
religious

G

Gesture- chillingworth did a gesture at the beginning of the
book, telling hester not to say a word.

H

Hester- this was the main character

I

Iniquitous- Hester was sinful and Pearl was evil

J

Jealous- Roger was jealous that Hester liked another guy.

K

Kill- Chillingworth tried to slowly kill Dimmesdale while they were living
together.

L

Love- Hester had love for Pearl and for Dimmesdale.

M

Malicious- Pearl is sometimes malicious because the activities
she does are evil and strange.

N

Needle- Hester designed clothes using needle-work and lots of townspeople
bought them from her.

O

Ornateness- When hester was put on the scaffold, people only
noticed the ornateness of the letter “A” on her bosom.

P

People- The people in the town at first did not like hester and
thought poorly of her.

Q

Quiet- Dimmesdale did not tell anyone that he was the father
of pearl and was quiet about it.

R

River- when pearl, hester, and dimmesdale were in the woods,
pearl washed dimmesdale’s kiss away in the river.

S

Sin- Hester made a sin by committing adultery.

T

Taunt- The townspeople taunted hester while she was standing
on the scaffold.

U

Unite- Hester, Pearl, and dimmesdale united on the scaffold
one night.

V

Violent- Pearl was violent towards other kids.

W

Wilson- Reverend wilson makes a condemnatory sermon about
hester’s scarlet letter.

X

Xenophobia- Pearl is shy and fears strangers at first and also
had hatred for some.

Y

Yarn- Hester liked to do needle-work and used yarn to help make
clothes.

Z

Zeal- The townspeople had a zeal for their faith.