Chapter 15:
57. Why does Hester feel Chillingworth "has done me worse wrong than I did him"?
- As Hester has become more mature and aware of the true character of her husband Chillingworth she now believes he is more at fault of her sin than she was. Hester believes that Chillingworth has used her innocence and inexperience and caused her to sin. Chillingworth caused her pain and loneliness.
58. What object does Pearl Make for herself out of grasses and seaweeds? How is this object given symbolic significance by its differences from the original?
- Pearl makes herself a little green A and puts it on her chest hoping that her mother will explain the meaning of the scarlet letter that is on her chest.
59. Explain Hester's statement, "If this be the price of the child's sympathy, I cannot pay it." Later, in chapter 16 what does the narrator say Pearl needs in order to "make her capable of sympathy'?
- As Pearl keeps asking Hester about the meaning of the letter her Mother waers and the connection of the Minister grabbing at his heart, Hester decides that her silence is the only solution. She does not want to have to explain the pain she has caused and to make Pearl feel guilty for the actions of herself and Dimmesdale.
- As Hester has become more mature and aware of the true character of her husband Chillingworth she now believes he is more at fault of her sin than she was. Hester believes that Chillingworth has used her innocence and inexperience and caused her to sin. Chillingworth caused her pain and loneliness.
58. What object does Pearl Make for herself out of grasses and seaweeds? How is this object given symbolic significance by its differences from the original?
- Pearl makes herself a little green A and puts it on her chest hoping that her mother will explain the meaning of the scarlet letter that is on her chest.
59. Explain Hester's statement, "If this be the price of the child's sympathy, I cannot pay it." Later, in chapter 16 what does the narrator say Pearl needs in order to "make her capable of sympathy'?
- As Pearl keeps asking Hester about the meaning of the letter her Mother waers and the connection of the Minister grabbing at his heart, Hester decides that her silence is the only solution. She does not want to have to explain the pain she has caused and to make Pearl feel guilty for the actions of herself and Dimmesdale.