Scarlet Letter A B C

“A” is for armor; what the forefathers wore in the pictures on the wall, pg.83

“B” is for Boston- where the first prison house was built, pg.39

“C” is for church; where the clergyman had a long established and legitimate taste for all things good, pg.85

“D” is for dungeon; Hester Prynne stated that she would like for Dimmesdale to be thrown in the dungeon, pg.134

“E” is for eyes; once Roger Chllingsworth entered the settlement of Christian men Hester was the first thing he saw, pg.60

“F” is for father; when Hester entered the church she was hoping to share the Sabbath smile of the Universal Father, pg.68

“G” is for ghost; the portraits in the hall looked as if their ghost was there,rather than the picture, pg.83

“H” is for hose; when Hester and Pearl were at the house Hester had to tell her daughter not to cry, pg.84

“I” is for infant; Hester’s infant was to remind her of her fall in life, pg.90

“J” is for jail- where Hester Prynne went for committing the crime of adultery, pg.430

“L” is for laughter- the thing Hester Prynne received from the crowd of people watching her, pg.47

“M” is for Market- Place- the place where Hester Prynne showed the Scarlet Letter, the title of chapter 2

“N” is for New England; where Pearl said she was born from a rose bush, pg.88

“O” is for old; the not unkind minister was old, pg88

“P” is for pulpit; the minister showed him self sternly, pg.85

“R” is for red- the color thread Hester Prynne used to embroider the letter A on her breast, pg.43

“S” is for saint; Hester was conversing with someone and she called them a saint, pg.70

“T” is for together; Hester Prynne and her daughter stood in the same circle of seclusion, from human society, pg.75

“U” is for unraveled; she was thinking of how it would be if her daughter were in a group of people and she had to unravel her voice from everyone else's pg.74

“V” is for alive;

“W” is for wilderness; a man who travel-worn emerged from the perilous wilderness, pg.93

“X” is for examine; Bellingham was asking that Master Wilson examine Peal, pg.87

“Y” is for young; Chillingsworth was the friend of a young minister, pg.85