Indicate who expresses the quote and explain how the event is significant to the protagonist and his/her conflict.
1. “Trusting no man as his, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
2. “Where, my kind doctor, did you gather those herbs, with such a dark flabby leaf?”
3. “Come away mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you! He hath got hold of the minister already.”
4. “Had a man seen old Roger Chillingworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have had no need to ask how Satan comports himself when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom.”
5. “But did your reverence hear of the portent that was seen last night?–a great red letter in the sky,–the letter A, which we interpret to stand for Angel.”
6. “It was reported, and believed by many, that an Indian had drawn his arrow against the badge, and that a missile struck it, but fell harmless to the ground.”
Answer the two remaining questions:
7. Explain why the other characters are significant when the minister goes up the steps to the scaffold of pillory .
8. Discuss how Hawthorne uses darkness and black to represent evil in the story. Provide at least three specific examples, include the page number, from the novel.
