Tuesday

Remember to wear your letters tomorrow.

Today - we need to read chapter 15.

 Class Work: 

A)   Hester Prynne: Fit or Unfit mother.  Argue your answer. 

B)   Discuss Chillingworth’s outward action with his true intentions.  What real person reminds you of Chillingworth.  Be prepared to do an impersonation.

C)   Choose a character and write a biography of them.

D)   Choose a piece of music that would show Hester’s state of mind in chapter 14.  Be prepared to play and explain it for the class.

E)    What letter should Dimmsdale wear?  Why?

F)    Everyone in your group needs to choose a letter to represent themselves, create it and wear it on Wednesday

Let's look the meaning of some the names:

LEARNING GOAL: RL9 - read and discuss classical literature of the 19th century.  Determine a theme of a text by referring to specifics from a text.  

Objective: record and analyze specifics from the text as you read.  Make sure these specifics interest you and relate to some larger idea or connection. 

Lets look at some symbols:

Hester Prynne

Hester: Hestier in Greek mythology, Zeus’s sister, a woman of beauty

            hestier (hasty)

Prynne: prurient

             prune: purify her sin

             pry: probe into the interior of one’s heart

                               

Arthur Dimmesdale

Arthur: Adam, adultery

Dimmesdale: dim + dale:  dim interior  (to hide one’s sin)                      

 

Roger Chillingworth

Roger: rogue (revenge)

Chillingworth: chilly (cruel, inhumane)

                        + worth (induce Arthur to speak out his own sin)

                                    

Pearl: good, pure and precious