1. The Scarlet Letter Chapters 9-12

2. Chapter 9 1. Chillingworth: Public vs. private persona 2. How do some from town feel about having Chillingworth around Dimmesdale? (112) 3. How has Chillingworth’s appearance changed over time? 4. At the end of the chapter, it is revealed that there is another view of Chillingworth in the town. What is it?

3. Chapter 10 O Dimmesdale: Public vs. private persona O What is Dimmesdale’s secret? O Significance of this quote: “…like a creature that had nothing in common with a bygone and buried generation, nor owned herself akin to it. It was as if she had been made afresh, out of new elements, and must perforce be permitted to live her own life, and be a law unto herself, without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime” (125). O How does Dimmesdale feel about those who keep secrets versus those who reveal them? O What happens at the end of the chapter?

4. Chapter 11 O What plan does Chillingworth reveal at the beginning of the chapter? O How does the town view Dimmesdale? O What is his health like at this time? O Why does Dimmesdale hate himself? O How does Dimmesdale punish himself?

5. Chapter 12 O Where does Dimmesdale go at the beginning of this chapter? O How does he react to Rev. Mr. Wilson walking past? O What does he have Hester and Pearl do? O Who is watching them together? O What does Hester fail to reveal to Dimmesdale? O What does Dimmesdale see in the sky? O His interpretation? The town’s?