Contents

The Scarlet Letter Message Board

Key Literary Elements
• The Author and His Times
• The Novel - The Plot
• The Characters

Other Elements
• Setting
• Themes
• Symbolism
• Structure

The Story - Chapter Summaries with Notes
• Introduction -The Custom House
• Chapter 1 - The Prison-Door
• Chapter 2 - The Market Place
• Chapter 3 - The Recognition
• Chapter 4 - The Interview
• Chapter 5 - Hester at Her Needle
• Chapter 6 - Pearl
• Chapter 7 - The Governor's Hall
• Chapter 8 - The Elf-Child and the Minister
• Chapter 9 - The Leech
• Chapter 10 - The Leech and His Patient
• Chapter 11 - The Interior of a Heart
• Chapter 12 - The Minister's Vigil
• Chapter 13 - Another View of Hester
• Chapter 14 - Hester and the Physician
• Chapter 15 - Hester and Pearl
• Chapter 16 - A Forest Walk
• Chapter 17 - The Pastor and His Parishioner
• Chapter 18 - A Flood of Sunshine
• Chapter 19 - The Child at the Brook-side
• Chapter 20 - The Minister in a Maze
• Chapter 21 - The New England Holiday
• Chapter 22 - The Procession
• Chapter 23 - The Revelation
• Conclusion

Tests and Answers
• Test 1
• Test 2
• Answers - Test 1
• Answers - Test 2

Term Paper Ideas
• Term Paper Ideas

Reference
• Glossary
• The Critics
• Advisory Board
• Bibliography