The Sc a rlet Letter “A”

1. The Scarlet Letter “A” HannahGrippo Pd. CD

2. Nathaniel Hathorne Nathaniel Hawthrone was born July 4, 1804, in the city of Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestors include John Hathrone, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trails who never repented of his actions. Nathaniel later added a “w” to his name to “Hawthrone” in order to hide this relation. In 1819, he was sent back to Salem for school and soon complained of homesickness. In spite of his homesickness, for fun, he distributed to his family seven issues of The Spectator in August and September 1820. The homemade newspaper was written by hand and included essays, poems, and news utilizing the young author's developing adolescent humor. Hawthorne's uncle Robert Manning insisted that the boy attend college. Hawthorne was sent to Bowdoin College in 1821, partly because of family connections in the Area. In 1836 Hawthorne contributed short stories, including "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Minister's Black Veil”, to various magazines and annuals. Horatio Bridge offered to cover the risk of collecting these stories in the spring of 1837 into one volume, Twice-Told Tales, which made Hawthorne known locally.Hawthorne returned to writing and published The Scarlet Letter in mid-March 1850. It sold 2,500 volumes within ten days and earned Hawthorne $1,500 over 14 years. The book was immediately thebest seller in the United States. A review by Julian Hawthorne “It has the charm of unconsciousness; the author did not realize while he worked, that this "most prolix among tales" was alive with the miraculous vitality of genius. It combines the strength and substance of an oak with the subtle organization of a rose,and is great, not of malice aforethought, but inevitably. It goes to the root of the matter, and reaches some unconventional conclusions, which, however, would scarce be apprehended by one reader in twenty.” Sadly Nathaniel Hathorne died May 19, 1864, he his work was never forgotten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne

3. Conflict Analysis - Roger Chillingworth During the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth is not only in conflict with Hester Prynne, but also at Arthur Dimmesdale. In chapter 10, Roger plans revenge on Arthur ever since he has found out about their secret relationship. Chillingworth first found out about Hester’s sin when came to Boston to meet with her like she promised and seen her standing on the scaffold. He later came to her while she was in jail and asked her to tell her who she committed her adultry with. They both promised to keep his identity a secret. “I will keep thy secret, as I have his,” said Hester. “Swear it!” rejoined he. (pg 71) After committing his crime Dimmesdale started becoming very weak with his health and came to Chillingworth for medical advice. Chillingworth became Dimmesdale’s medical advisor in order for him to get better. Then eventually, Chillingworth’s plan started; he moved in with him to provide round-the-clock care. (pg 112,114) Chillingworth began to think that Dimmesdale’s sickness was linked to Hester, and he proved his suspicions were correct when Chillingworth saw the symbol on Dimmesdale’s chest (pg 126)

4. Conflict Analysis - Roger Chillingworth Arthur and Hester try making both their lives so much happier and decide to leave Boston, but when they find out Roger Chillingworth was going to be on the same boat Arthur had broke down and lost it. On page 227 Arthur confesses to his sin and drops to the ground dying. Roger on the other had is not to happy about this. On page 228 he shouts, “thou has escaped me!” He never gets the revenge that he wanted to get on Arthur Dimmesdale.