Scarlet Letter Review Questions: In Case You Need Them :-)

1. Identify the sin of Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, and trace the consequences of
that sin on the person’s life and character.
2. Name three characteristics of Hawthorne’s style and cite examples of each
3. Consider the characters Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth. How are their names
symbolic?
4. How does Hester’s attitude change from when she emerges from jail to the last scene of
the novel? What major events assist in her transformation
5. Show that Hester is one of literature’s first feminists using examples from the text.

6. Explain how the second scene on the scaffold serves as the novel’s climax.