The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest ...

Summary: Chapter 1: The Prison-Door. This first chapter contains little in the way of action, instead setting the scene and introducing the first of many ...

Hawthorne uses a cemetery and prison to symbolize what he believes to be the most certain things for humanity: death (why every town needs a cemetery) and bad ...

The Scarlet Letter's moral is that people must accept and forgive their own and other people's worst qualities. To deny those qualities, as the Puritans do, is ... Chapter 1 Quiz · Chapter 13 · Chapter 10 · Chapter 11

Summary In this first chapter, Hawthorne sets the scene of the novel — Boston of the seventeenth century. It is June, and a throng of drably dressed Purit.

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Chapter one of The Scarlet Letter introduces the setting and context of the entire work. The chapter describes the cemetery and prison first established by ...

22 апр. 2024 г. · Chapter One: The Prison Door. Summary. A large crowd of Puritans stands outside of the prison, waiting for the door to open.

25 мар. 2022 г. · The Scarlet Letter begins with a throng of bearded men inter-mixed with women who are all gathered in front of a prison door.