LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Question
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Arthur Dimmesdale
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Governor Winthrop
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Roger Chillingworth
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Rev. Blackstone
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Detailed explanation-1: -Another dig at Winthrop and his followers comes in the form of a scarlet letter ‘A’ supposedly seen in the night sky. Dimmesdale sees this glowing letter at night while he stands on the scaffold, which happens to be moments after the passing of Governor Winthrop.
Detailed explanation-2: -The townspeople see this magnificent meteor forming the letter ‘A’ in the night sky, and they assign to it a mystical reading. Their governor has just died, and they perceive the meteor as a sign of his passing and ascension into heaven.
Detailed explanation-3: -Winthrop was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its first governor. As one of the men responsible for the beginning of Puritan society, he would naturally have had to insist upon a strict adherence to Puritan ideals.
Detailed explanation-4: -In The Scarlet Letter, three main characters die: Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Hester Prynne.
Detailed explanation-5: -Satan must have dropped it there. By the way, the sexton says, did Dimmesdale see the letter A in the sky last night? It was a portent of the death of Governor Winthrop, surely now an Angel.