Chapter 16:
60. Why hasn't Hester ever visited Dimmesdale in his study? What does Hester's desired meeting place suggest about the nature of their relationship?
- Hester will never go to visit Dimmesdale in the study because people will then know that something is between the two of them; with them meeting in the wood this shows that they want to keep their lives a secret to everyone because then people will judged the both of them.
61. According to Pearl, why does the sunshine"love her and not Hester? Why is Pearl's observation significant?
- When Pearl tells her Mother that the sunshine does not love her, she is really saying that the letter she wears is causing her darkness. The sin that Hester committed has caused her pain and sorrow. If she wants sunshine back she needs to find a solution.
62. How is the brook described? What possible symbolic meaning could be associated with it?
- The brook in the forest is described as a seperation of the two worlds where Hester lives; one side is the Puritan side with all the rules and order and strit conduct, the other side is the wild and unknown, a place that is not burdened with the laws of society.
63. What questions does Pearl repeat throughout chapter 15 and 16. What does these questions suggest about pearl and about her relationship with her mother?
- Pearl keep asking what does the scarlet letter mean, Hester won't tell her because she does not want her child to know who is really is and sh ealso thinks the Pearl is not old enough to know.
- Hester will never go to visit Dimmesdale in the study because people will then know that something is between the two of them; with them meeting in the wood this shows that they want to keep their lives a secret to everyone because then people will judged the both of them.
61. According to Pearl, why does the sunshine"love her and not Hester? Why is Pearl's observation significant?
- When Pearl tells her Mother that the sunshine does not love her, she is really saying that the letter she wears is causing her darkness. The sin that Hester committed has caused her pain and sorrow. If she wants sunshine back she needs to find a solution.
62. How is the brook described? What possible symbolic meaning could be associated with it?
- The brook in the forest is described as a seperation of the two worlds where Hester lives; one side is the Puritan side with all the rules and order and strit conduct, the other side is the wild and unknown, a place that is not burdened with the laws of society.
63. What questions does Pearl repeat throughout chapter 15 and 16. What does these questions suggest about pearl and about her relationship with her mother?
- Pearl keep asking what does the scarlet letter mean, Hester won't tell her because she does not want her child to know who is really is and sh ealso thinks the Pearl is not old enough to know.