Scarlet Letters

Scarlet Letters

By: Grayson Burruss

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Adultery; the sin committed

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Bosom; where the letter is placed

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Chillingworth; her ex(?) husband

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Dimmesdale; the father of Pearl

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Eelgrass; what Pearl made her own
letter “A” out of.

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Freedom; what Dimmesdale feels when he
tells the town the truth

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The guilt that ultimately kills Dimsdale

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Hester; the main character of the story, mother
of Pearl, ex-wife of Chillingworth, and lover of
Dimmsdale.

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Identity; both Chillingworth and Dimmesdale’s
identities were hidden from everybody but Hester.

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Jealousy; Chillingworth was jealous of Hester
and Dimmesdale’s relationship

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Kindness; regardless of how the town’s people
treated her, Hester was kind to all of them

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Leech; how Chillingworth is described in the
book, a leech, sucking all the life out of
Dimmesdale for information

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Meteor; a meteor traces a letter “A” in the
night sky

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Needlework; how Hester provided for
herself and Pearl

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Outcast; a word that describes both Hester
and Pearl. Hester being the sinner and Pearl
being the product of the sin

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Poison; what Chillingworth slowly does to
Dimmesdale

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Quiet; Hester, Chillingworth, and
Dimmesdale kept quiet, unspoken secrets
from the rest of the society

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Rosebush; the rosebush represents freedom
from the confinement of society.

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Sin; what hester commits in order for the
story to begin

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Truth; at the end, Dimmesdale finally reveals
the truth about the parentals of Pearl in from
of the town

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Uproar; Hester caused the town to go into an
uproar as a result of her sin

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Vulture; Chillingworth acts as a vulture, always
hovering and picking at Dimmesdale and
Hester

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Wedding dresses; because of the nature of her
sin, Hester is not allowed to make wedding
gowns

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Xenophobia; dislike of or prejudice against
people from other countries, religions, or
beliefs.

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Yappy; Pearl was very yappy, or talkative, when
she wasn’t supposed to be or about things she
wasn’t supposed to talk about

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Zealous; how Chillingworth acts whilst figuring
out Hester and Dimmesdale’s relationship.